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...godhead, Schutt, is better known. A distant relative of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, Schutt was the founder of the Gibbs Historical Society, a front organization for the Gibbsians. Portraits of Schutt's head are displayed everywhere on February 21--"Gibbs Day"--sometimes adorned with the traditional tie and lab coat of the lesser godhead...

Author: By Steven A. Wasserman, | Title: Gibbs Day: A Festival of Pseudoscience | 3/1/1978 | See Source »

Sure enough, the staid and stodgy crowd sang along--coat-and-tied respectables and young hipsters alike. The kind of involvement and interest Pippin demands from its audience is a credit to the play's success...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Worrying About Time | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...shops there, calls Rodeo a "nice, friendly street ?but too expensive." But many Rodeo customers spend without even asking prices, sometimes because they do not speak English. Recently, a young Japanese rushed into Hermès, pointed in quick succession to a $1,000 lambskin jacket, an $850 suede coat, three silk robes at $700 each, five blouses at $350 apiece and many other goodies. While salespeople totaled all his purchases ($8,000), he dashed out to do more shopping. He returned shortly with new luggage to hold his purchases, then dashed off to catch a plane. At Lina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Street off Big Spenders | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Attired in a poorly fitting trench coat and bright red sneakers, the glazy-eyed miner presents us with an object for our compassion as well as our amusement; his sphinx-like expression never once breaks into an unprofessional grin, unlike his colleagues in the Monty Python group during some of their other skits...

Author: By Joe Contreras, | Title: Beating a Dead Parrot | 2/11/1978 | See Source »

Last fall, on the first day after summer layoff, the real Balanchine told her, "I would like to do something for you." It was Ballo. Her huge almond-shaped eyes glow as she remembers that morning. "He told me that a new ballet is like putting on a new coat. You have to move around in it awhile before it is comfortable." Not too long, however. Balanchine began with a structure for Ballo, but no steps. Says Ashley: "He wears these clunky shoes and does funny things with his feet. Then you move and he looks. My pas de deux...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Boys and Girls, but Not Together | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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