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...stands a fab" chance of turning the old Franklin National into a success. If so, it may be one of the few winners in the deal. The 22,000 stockholders in Franklin National, many of whom are New York businessmen and other individuals, will probably lose their total investment. And the FDIC and other federal agencies lost luster in the debacle. In fact, Comptroller Smith conceded last week that "maybe we were unduly secure that a major bank that had prospered for many years couldn't develop big problems...
...fear. The jealousy is exhibited at wash time. During this period they stare enviously at their neighbor's laundry, which is always whiter-and the colored things brighter-than their own. With wide eyes, they then proceed to learn a series of mysterious monosyllables, among them Biz, Fab, Cheer, Dash, All and Bold. They do not exhibit fear until nightfall, or on weekend afternoons. At these points the MOTHER-IN-LAW arrives for a white-glove inspection of the home. This includes a revealing scrutiny of the kitchen (with its telltale odors), the male's collar (with...
...coming of the Beatles in the mid-Sixties changed all that, as it changed almost every facet of white pop music. As the Fab Four progressed from writing most of their own material to writing all of it, rock fans began to show somewhat less interest in the style of performance and more interest in the actual quality of the song as a piece of writing. Accordingly, a Lennon-McCartney song recorded by a mediocre group (such as "Bad to Me" by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) would become more popular than a rehashed oldie by the Beatles themselves...
...said, "It is 'farther out' than anything I've seen in a decade; in the wrong direction, of course." He also took on broader targets. The technology of today's recording engineers, he complained, removed natural sound and human errors, producing "a super-glossy, chem-fab music substitute that was never heard on sea or land, including Philadelphia." And to him, the one conspicuous success of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West was "the attempt to make it American-simple-minded...
Boots and belts, hats and handbags, shirts, shawls, coats and evening gowns, even linens, lampshades and wallpaper - all bear the stamp of the serpent. Genuine cobra can be had as a raincoat, simulated copperhead as upholstery fab ric. And women known to keel over at a photograph of a python are now swaddling themselves in the real thing...