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...diplomatic meetings-whoever arrived first, entered first. That solution has long since been dropped by protocol-conscious officials. Numerous efforts have been made to regulate matters of precedence. The Congress of Vienna in 1815 established four classes of diplomatic representatives (ambassadors and Papal legates; ministers plenipotentiary; ministers resident; charges d'affaires). Heads of state remained a problem; at Vienna, the conference hall had no fewer than five doors to cope with the attending monarchs...
...d pay a little extra...
...derived from the Billy Wilder-I.A.L. Diamond film The Apartment, which was far sharper in lancing U.S. sexual hypocrisy, and the structure of the show has been borrowed from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The evening is not so much viewed as deja vu'd...
After a survey of businessmen's plans, the investment-advisory firm of Lionel D. Edie & Co. predicted that capital investment in 1969 will grow more than 7%. Last month the McGraw-Hill Survey projected an 8% gain. In its December issue, FORTUNE suggested that capital spending may rise 5% next year, though the increase might just about match the rise in capital-goods prices. Last week the Government joined the chorus of optimism. In the latest of a series of generally reliable surveys, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission projected a growth...
Barbarella--Roger Vadim's very public salute to Jane Fonda; more or less what you'd expect. At the CIRCLE, Cleveland Circle, Brookline...