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Hurrah for the U.S. elections! Imagine any other country that would take off one year every four and launch the world's biggest and most costly circus with a cast of more than 200 million that entertains the rest of us for free...
...accused of cheating by practically all its principal opponents. Minister of State Dariush Forouhar, leader of the Iran Nation Party, resigned his Cabinet post to protest "widespread, shameless fraud." Said he: "I have fought for the principle of fair play all my life. I won't stomach this circus." Last week the ruling Revolutionary Council set up a seven-member commission to look into the allegations of fraud. If the charges prove to be true, said Banisadr, new elections will be held in some constituencies...
...clothing business, and change the buying plans of well-dressed women. On hand in Milan last week were representatives of glossy magazines, large daily newspapers, trade papers and some lesser lights (one improbable accreditation: the North Jersey Suburbanite). For many, Milan was the start of a month-long fashion circus, with successive showings of fall and winter collections in London, Paris and, in late April, New York. In October the tour reconvenes for the unveiling of new spring and summer clothes...
...essays on primate language experiments to be published this month under the title Speaking of Apes (Plenum: $37,50), they maintain that much of what passes for language skill in apes can be explained by the "Clever Hans effect"-a phenomenon named for a turn-of-the-century German circus horse that astounded audiences by tapping out with his hoofs the correct answers to complex mathematical and verbal problems. In fact, as a German psychologist finally discerned, Clever Hans was picking up unintentional cues-changes in facial expression, breathing patterns and even eye-pupil size-from his questioner telling...
Henderson said the teams which have already gone to China have visited many historic sites. The Harvard team can expect to visit the Opera and the Circus while in Shanghai, and the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, and the Forbidden City during their visit to North China, he added