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...some reason that neither parlor detectives nor cocktail-party psychiatrists have been able to decipher, Britain is experiencing an esthetic crime wave this year.About $2,424,000 worth of paintings and sculpture have been removed from the homes of collectors. Last week's victim was Sir Roland Penrose, chairman of the Institute for Contemporary Arts, friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso. While Penrose was away, burglars broke into his London home, removed 25 paintings with an estimated value of $720,000. The prize was Picasso's 1937 Woman Weeping...
Indeed, Ted Agnew's gift of gaffe in spired gagwriters from beautiful down town Burbank to catty midtown Manhattan. Democrats dubbed him "Zorba the Veep." The Washington cocktail circuit relayed countless gags about...
...astrology boom is made up of many elements?including merchandising, show business and crass exploitation of people's credulity. Department stores across the U.S. are mounting astrological promotions. Woolworth's is pushing a full line of zodiacal highball and cocktail glasses and paper napkins. Bulls, goats, crabs and scorpions are beginning to embellish everything from children's clothes to writing paper; St. Crispin in Manhattan is offering its Park Avenue clientele "astronotes" for invitations. One Manhattan beauty parlor boasts a resident astrologer and twelve special hairdos, one for each sign of the zodiac. A perfume manufacturer is doing well with...
Britain's diplomats in Washington do not count among Embassy Row's real swingers, even though Freeman will enjoy an annual entertainment allowance of $96,000. Disliking cocktail parties, he prefers dinners for a score of guests or fewer, a custom that will not devalue the cachet that Washington society has always attached to invitations embossed with the lion and unicorn of Britain. As a man who professes to enjoy most of all "lurking round the edges of politics," Ambassador Freeman is bound to find plenty of entertainment in Byzantium-on-the-Potomac...
...compartments, and these dividing blocks will also have wide screens for movies. Since the new jets will carry 15 stewardesses rather than the six on the 707s, food service may well be faster. A circular staircase will lead up to a second deck, which can be used as a cocktail lounge. Underneath the passenger cabin, baggage will be stored in some 16 removable containers for speedier handling...