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...significance for Marcel: It could be seen from the lavatory where he would retire whenever he needed privacy to read, weep, or make his first experiments in the pleasures of sex-experiments which were not without their heroic side, since he was not sure at first that their rending delight would not be the death...
Banker's Delight. Low overhead and economies of scale have made Pao's fleet attractive to investors who normally steer clear of the speculative shipping market. As a result, Pao has been able to tap, almost at will, the rich and growing capital market in Hong Kong. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. has been a steady source of his financing. With its backing, Pao charts the course for his 63-ship fleet through a baffling array of tax-haven companies in Liberia and the Bahamas. The empire is managed through Pao's personal company, World-Wide...
...Mayor Richard J. Daley has once again proved that the hand is quicker than the eye [June 7]. Eager Chicago cyclists read of his new "Bicycle Route System" with delight, until they realized that it consisted of signs picturing bicycles posted along regular city streets, with no special lane designation for cyclists...
Stick to Necking. Controversy has been a prime objective of Op-Ed since its inception, and the page now draws nearly as many letters to the Times as the paper's editorials. Although some of the political contributions have been a bit pedantic, other offerings have produced delight, drama and deliberate outrage. The most inflammatory essay to date was an open letter to his college-bound son by a Southern physician, Dr. Paul Williamson. Stick to studying and necking and avoid revolution, wrote the father, or "expect to get shot. Mother and I will grieve, but we will gladly...
...hilarity the only proper response. The film maker pretends to have no "message" in The Clowns; when an actor asks him the meaning of his film, a bucket drops over the director's head in mid-reply. But absurdity itself is a commentary. It is also the perpetual delight of this indelible, grieving comedy in which the viewers, Pierrots and Augustes all, are the stars...