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...mounts weekly that Russia's new team of bosses wants to shuck the rigid trappings of centralized planning in favor of a more flexible, consumer-oriented supply-and-demand system. Scarcely a day goes by without one or another of Russia's government-controlled newspapers beating the drum for less centralized economic control...
...softest, roundest and loveliest of Thais is a girl named Abhasra Hong-skul, 17, who goes by the nickname of "Pook"-which in Siamese means soft, round and lovely. That at least was the decision in Bangkok last week where Pook was proclaimed Miss Thailand of 1964. Drums rolled, bugles blared, balloons soared madly into a velvet sky, and the commanding general of Thailand's First Army announced in martial tones the winner of the coveted gold cup. But the exuberant Bangkok crowds were cheering much more than a one time drum majorette who packs 116 Ibs. into...
...hour when a man can first discern the shadows of the veins on the back of his hand, the monks arise. The great temple drum, hanging from its roughhewn log rack, summons the faithful to alms. Twisting a single saffron shift round their bodies, the monks move out into the quiet streets in single file, eyes to the ground, fingers clasped beneath their silver begging bowls. In Laos, the bonzes form a silent silhouette against the ornate temple roofs of the royal capital of Luangprabang. In Burma, they enter Rangoon framed against the great Shwe Dagon pagoda, its massive gilded...
...HORACE) C. (for CLIFFORD) WESTERMANN, 42, is a Los Angeles-born rambler who usually turns out carpenter's daydreams consisting of mirrors and precision mitering. His work at the Whitney is a drum-shaped totem of wall-to-wall carpeting. Says he: "I don't know why I named it The Plush. If I liked analysis, I'd be a writer...
Lily has also perfected an electronic extra she calls a "multi-note rotating drum," a device which audibly sounds the notes as they are struck on the keyboard. "If Beethoven had had this machine," she enthuses, slightly missing the point, "he could have written a symphony in a week...