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...Thus the entire fashion world lost some of its sheen last week at the news that the House of Balenciaga is closing. Some said he is simply bored; others claimed that his disdain for "commercialism" and contemporary styles had caused business to decline. Whatever the reason, it does not diminish the loss. Said Coco Chanel: "The others are drafts men or copyists, or else they are inspired people, even geniuses, but Balenciaga alone is a couturier. He is the only one who can design, cut, put together and sew a gown entirely alone...
...Diminished by Self-Discipline. Although industry is far from blameless, many of the nation's gravest trade ailments have been concocted in Washington. The trouble consists of federal deficits, easy tolerance of wage increases that outstrip rising productivity, and the pursuit of economic growth at the expense of stable prices. Even so, the U.S. still has the world's largest and most efficient economy, along with an impressive lead in finance, marketing and much technology. If the nation has the self-discipline to bring its inflation-bent economy under control, the worst of its difficulties with foreign competition...
...occasion is a birthday party for Harold (Leonard Frey), an event as ominous for a homosexual as for an aging woman with its reminder that good looks can fade and desirability diminish. The party thrower (Kenneth Nelson) is a tormented Roman Catholic, undergoing psychoanalysis, who secretly hates himself and makes anti-homosexual quips in the same way that some Jews tell anti-Semitic jokes. Each of his friends has his own hangup. A Negro known as "the queen of spades" suffers rejection because of his unrequited love for a heterosexual white boy. One couple is undergoing an emotional rift...
Still, the roots of the Johnson-Kennedy antagonism go deep, and many Democrats anticipate that sooner or later the President will do something to prop up Humphrey. For the time being, Johnson is determined not to let partisan politicking dilute his withdrawal gesture and thereby diminish his effectiveness as a negotiator with Hanoi. "When the time comes to take an active part," he told newsmen after his speech, "I will make my announcement. I don't want to get into that...
...than the cellulose acetate variety, there are other filters already on the market -including those on such cigarettes as Marvels and Cascades-that probably rival it in reducing tar and nicotine. But most such brands have enjoyed only moderate success among smokers, many of whom feel that the filters diminish taste and make it harder to "draw." While the Strickman filter may likewise be hard on the draw, a consumer study for Strickman by Market Analyst Virginia Miles suggests that it has very possibly solved the taste problem...