Word: en
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gleaming Japan Air Lines DC-8 jet swoops down at night for a refueling stop on its 7,700-mile flight from Tokyo to Copenhagen. Out steps no less a personage than Emperor Hirohito, 70, the first reigning member of his ancient dynasty to set foot outside the homeland, en route to Europe for an 18-day visit. Waiting to greet the Emperor during his 100-minute stopover is no less a figure than the President...
...breeze ruffles Marion's dress; and Leo seems part of the foliage in his new green suit. Marion laughs, and says, "What a comfort, your bathing suit on my shoulders." And, though Pinter's cunning dialogue reveals more of state-of-mind than of character, the lighting, mise-en-scene, and acting say most of what there is to be said about Burgess and the Maudsleys, Marion's capriciousness and Leo's devotion...
...climate for this week's meeting has been improved by Chinese Premier Chou En-lai's apparent decision not to visit Albania, Rumania and Yugoslavia this fall. For several months, Moscow had grumbled about the formation of a sort of pro-Peking Tirana-Bucharest-Belgrade axis. Moscow was even dropping ominous hints of military intervention against Rumania and Yugoslavia, but the Russians now seem to have cooled off. After Belgrade, Brezhnev's next whistlestop is Paris in late October...
...curious. Is the odd-looking vessel so strategically placed at the feet of Premier Chou En-lai during audiences with Western visitors [Aug. 23] a spittoon, a good, old-fashioned chamber pot, an incense burner or a Chicom fire extinguisher used for dampening Western overtures? (MRS.) ANDREA R. WALCOTT Kingston, Jamaica...
...reason is not that the community pillars have suddenly gone wrong en masse. On the contrary, the Jaycees have never been more responsible or achievement-oriented. In fact, a keen awareness of civic duty has led the organization to focus on new causes. In Philadelphia last month, Jaycees met with Black Panthers to rap on drugs and a sickle-cell anemia testing program; a group in Seattle is hoping to help set up halfway houses for parolees. The most important new approach centers on an aggressive drive to attract members in the nation's prisons. There...