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...fold; first, to teach, as in any other area of study, as fully and as richly as possible, the nature of the play at hand; and, secondly, to indicate a way in which an undergraduate theater (not a professional theater) can become an integral part of the fabric of the University--in short, to take meaningful part in the academic life of the general community. That Marlowe and Shakespeare were both born in the same year, four hundred years ago in 1964, is a happy coincidences which provides an opportunity at the Loeb for both a teaching and a learning...
...Hyman steadily enlarged it through acquisitions, eventually merged with illustrious 180-year-old William Hollins & Co. Ltd., and himself emerged as Rollins' chairman and chief executive. Last week Hollins - renamed Viyella International Ltd. to capitalize on the fame of its lamb's-wool-and-cotton Viyella fabric - moved to take over British Van Heusen for $30 million. When negotiations are complete, Joe Hyman will head Britain's largest purely textile operation, with sales of $70 mil lion annually...
...puts nine empty cans of tuna into the hall each morning. Who could be living there? Perhaps "a big cat with a can opener." But most of Neil Simon's funny lines pass the true test of comedy: out of context, they mean nothing; they rise from the fabric of incident...
Breathing Brushstroke. Bissier's art is in a sense torn literally off the fabric of the world. Working from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in his studio on the Swiss end of Lake Maggiore, he prepares thready-edged linen canvas or irregular pieces of batiste shirting. Over these loose, unframed scraps, he lays on slick sizing so that subsequent brushstrokes in oil tempera seem to float above the surface. He paints where the bristles of his soft, often home-made brushes lead him. He says he is "listening to the brush-I want my colors to breathe...
...buying a suit, consider workmanship, fit and fabric after you have picked a cut and price range. In the lower price ranges inquire about shrinkage and try to find a fabric which will wear well. Higher priced garments have better quality interlinings which make a difference after being worn for a year and dry cleaned. A better coat will be more likely to fit smoothly and not pucker, too. In plaid sport coats, the plaid will be cut so that the sleeves match horizontally with the body of the coat...