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Tough, quiet-spoken and by no means an unattractive figure, Keeler nevertheless gives the impression of a spirit deliberately blunted, an intellect deliberately narrowed in order to achieve his goal. He makes it across the finish line-a retirement banquet at which he receives diamond-and-emerald cuff links patterned after the Phillips trademark-only to pay, at last, the price for his unquestioning belief that what was good for the corporation was good for him and, indeed, for everybody else. Keeler is now under investigation for authorizing an illegal corporate donation to the Committee for the Re-Election...
Long Island, decided the moviemakers, has lost its old West Eggian elegance, so they transplanted The Great Gatsby to the more richly idle colony of Newport, R.I. Otherwise, no emerald-cut stone was left unturned to ensure authenticity in re-creating Gatsby's lavish parties. The set was Rosecliff, a villa designed in 1902 by Architect Stanford White. The Packards and Mercers and Rolls-Royces lining the driveway were lovingly polished antiques. The gowns were late 1920s originals, and the million-dollar armature of jewelry was certified Cartier. It was only fitting, therefore, that among the 500 extras chosen...
...state's beverage canners have been hardest hit, because customers are reluctant to pay deposits on cans and are buying more bottled products. One Eugene firm, Emerald Canning Co., has shut down; California's Shasta Beverages, which distributes its drinks in cans, is also suffering financially in its Oregon operations. Bottlers complain about the cost of picking up empties and retooling plants to wash and refill them...
Paul Masson Emerald...
...gymnasts. But the Olympic athletes were not the only young visitors attracting attention in Munich last week. The Olympics is, after all, a Jungenfestspiel, and the jungen have flocked to the merry Bavarian city by the thousands. They gathered under the spreading elm and oak trees flanking the emerald-green lawns of the Englisher Garten, playing their guitars, smoking hand-crafted cigarettes and generally ignoring what a young Iowa girl called "that silly sports effort." Munich's gala atmosphere has also drawn an older, more pecunious group: the international set, complete with titled leaders. Ensconced in carefully protected Hilton Hotel...