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...sweeping change, voted not only to continue their underwear taboo but also to deny a request-by the Hanes Corp. to test some uninhibited ads for its Bali bras. Not content with just barring the living bra from U.S. TV, the board also decided to retain its "anti-quaffing" dictum and to consider banning beer and wine testimonials by celebrities admired by youngsters to boot...
...post-Mao leadership headed by Premier Hua seems to be saying that the Peking regime will continue to function despite the genuine national grief over Mao's passing. An editorial published in China's major newspapers cited what was claimed to be a previously unpublished dictum from Mao: "Act according to the principles laid down." Mao's successors, the implication was, would follow the basic domestic and foreign policies established before the Chairman's death...
Lethal Dose. Chekhov's dictum about never showing a gun in the first act unless it is used in the third applies to poisoned pills as well. Jakub's lethal dose leads to a death that cries out to be interpreted as either an accidental murder or a murderous accident. Playing existential detective, Kundera shows how all the major characters are implicated. But despite some amusing farcical turns, the verdict is heavily weighted toward a formulation that amounts to a facile existential copout: we are all murderers...
Lord Killanin's handling of the Taiwan controversy [July 19] clearly revealed that gentleman's ability to forge a mediocre twist to a Caesarean dictum; He came, he saw, he capitulated...
...modern games, athletes considered the rewards worth the risks. Presaging the late Vince Lombardi's dictum that winning was the only thing, the founders of the first Olympics placed little value on participation for its own sake. There were no prizes for second and third place at Olympia; an athlete took first or nothing...