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...RECKONING by Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon. 716 pages. Houghton Mifflin...
...Anthony Eden's public life ended in the public disaster of Suez. Broken in health and spirit, he devoted his pasture years to that unbidden duty that commands so many retired statesmen. This is the third and last volume of the Eden memoirs, which altogether fill more than 2,000 pages...
...Beach's top architect, Morris Lapidus, from whose drawing board have sprung such pacesetting superhotels as the $40 million Fontainebleau, the $20 million Americana (in nearby Bal Harbour) and the $12 million Eden Roc, has the same idea. He explains: "I'm not designing hotels. I'm designing stage settings on which people will play out their two-week vacations...
...rocky road back to this Garden of Eden, a lot of people are bound to suffer for a while. But by gradually raising educational levels, retraining those displaced by automation, and seeing to it that displaced workers retain their buying power, society will somehow gradually manage to support the change. So far, the installation of computers in some industries has required so many new skills that the total unemployment level has hardly changed. In many cases, the computer has not meant an overall loss of jobs so much as a change in the type of jobs done. Says Sir Leon...
...would keep still. His topic this time, as always, is "Sex in the College," and he offers such startling observations as: ". . . Sexual behavior in America is changing. . . Women certainly feel strong jealousy . . . Sexual appetite without specific physical arousal is not naturally as strong in women. . . The Serpent (In Eden) brought about the release of a force within man and woman which is beyond our comprehension and control...