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...converts at Manhattan's new Fountain Cafe in Central Park. And, though it really caught on in Paris only this summer, a surprising number of U.S. bartenders have already learned to whip up "un Kir": a mixture of dry white wine and crème de cassis (black-currant liqueur), named for Canon Felix Kir, who also doubles as the Mayor of Dijon. So far, mercifully, returning American tourists have resisted importing one new drink that has already swept Italy and has become the standard order at Sibylla's, London's swingingest discotheque. The mix: Scotch...
...results cast gloom over a session of the Socialist Party executive committee, which met last week in West Berlin to name a successor to the late Party Chairman Erich Ollenhauer. After two hours of desultory discussion over coffee and Johannisbeersaft (currant juice), they picked the only candidate for the job, West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt. He faces a tough job. As one Socialist leader candidly put it: "The boom goes on. People are more prosperous than ever, and they identify prosperity with Erhard...
...ranks of the fashion greats, the Big Two (Balenciaga and Givenchy) became Three. The fall fashion trends: more fur (on cuffs, collars, scarves and hoods); jewel shades of color (garnet, topaze and turquoise) along with the not-so-new fruit and flower tones (fuchsia, heather, plum and black currant); opulent fabrics (heavily worked brocade, beaded silk and lace). "The little-boy look," cried Women's Wear Daily, "is out . . . The Big Three have rediscovered...
...Frank McKinney, Indiana's top machine Democrat, and his wife Margaret greeted their old friends. The Trumans went in, washed up and sat at the McKinney's dining-room table for lunch (melon-ball cup, breast of chicken on ham, asparagus, stuffed oranges, hot rolls, black currant preserves, strawberry angel...
Blister rust cannot live on pine alone. The spores which leave the pine must find a temporary resting place on the leaves of currant or gooseberry bushes. There they develop as parasitic growths which generate a new and different generation of windborne spores which, in turn, infect the pines. These bushes are the chief points of attack for the conservation army. Once the host is destroyed, blister rust must ultimately...