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...century, European taste makers found themselves caught up in the snaky tendrils of a self-conscious style called art nouveau. Not only candlesticks and furniture, but whole buildings were designed to flow with floral grace. From the Paris Métro stations of Hector Guimard to the décor of Maxim's, symmetry was out, organic flow was in, and nothing from the insect or aquatic world was too exotic. La Belle Époque lasted little more than a couple of decades (1880-1905), but in that brief span produced a series of small masterpieces, none more dazzling...
...rocking-chair fleet." But today's profit is in country inns and in motels that cater to transients and conventions, and Treadway is concentrating on these in its expansion. Despite the added costs of running a chain of inns in which neither the food, the décor nor the furniture are standardized, Treadway has set an enviable earnings record: on its $16 million in sales last year, it was among industry leaders in earnings per dollar invested...
Freedom & Peace. That night, at the state banquet at Augustusburg Castle, resplendent in a jewel-encrusted blue and white gown designed to match the baroque décor, she came out with a political plea, clearly dictated by Harold Wilson, in favor of West Germany's most popular principle. "In the last 20 years," she said, "the problems facing our two peoples have brought us closer together again. It is now our task to defend civilization in freedom and peace together. That is why we wholeheartedly support your natural wish for peaceful reunification...
...Cor blimey, why carn't you Americans use English proper when yer wants ter be colloquial? Yer don't half muck us up. It took me rahnd abaht five minutes to find out what yer meant wiv "Things did not go half badly" in "Down the Middle" [March 19]. Eiver you says "Things did not half go badly" (viz: They did go badly) or, as in American English "Things didn't go top badly." Honest, I fink you'll find I'm right, 'cos I'm one of them British secretaries...
...nonetheless keeps the action tumbling in and out of mirrors, closets, mantels, trap doors. And sneaky camerawork by France's formidable Henri Decae imbues the décor with glittering menace. As the ne'er-do-well whose passions surge at the drop of a bank note, Delon is a rake smoothly handled by Temptress Albright and coltish Actress Fonda, who comes through as a sort of cheerleader turned femme fatale. Together, they make Joy House as sportive as a carnival crazy house, brimful of absurd surprises...