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...been left to Paris, however, to provide the ultimate example of the fashionable sweater fad. At a recent fashion showing, gaping onlookers were spellbound as a young French p.r. girl in the audience peeled during the course of the show. First to be shed was a navy blue cardigan. Then a sleeveless, striped blue pullover fluttered down, followed by a long-sleeved sweater. Au fond was a sleeveless, almost backless silky knit navy turtleneck -a dazzling outfit clearly designed for energetic dancing at top chic nightclubs as the evening wears...
...quality motion pictures in the last ten to 15 years." Many operators make the familiar complaint that there are too few family pictures. What they are waiting for is Son of Love Story, another Airport or a romantic western like Butch Caasidy and the Sundance Kid. The nostalgia fad is not the only reason why so many old movies like National Velvet and Dr. Zhivago are everywhere in revival...
Honest men may differ as to just how dreadful, hopeful or insignificant the commercial Jesus fad is, including Jesus Christ Superstar as its centerpiece. Balanced against the enduring metaphor, the bitter and sweet mystery that the life of Christ embodies, Lloyd Webber and Rice's rock opera seems sad enough. It is depressing to imagine what certainly is the case, that too many Americans, whether religious or not, will know no more of the Gospels and the Passion than Superstar presents. Yet with all its sins of omission and commission, the production very well dramatizes one transcendental meaning...
...practice that is far more serious -the inhaling of fumes from aerosol canisius becoming a fatal fad. Youngsters seeking a high spray the mist into a bag or other container and breathe deeply. About four deaths a month are now being recorded, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The gas propellants (usually fluorocarbons) in hundreds of different kinds of household sprays can kill quickly. They are carried by the blood from the lungs to the heart, where they interrupt normal cardiac rhythm...
...poverty, or at least of thrift. The patch has come a long way since then. Today it is colorful, clever, artistic and even ideological. Whether to hide holes on worn clothing or simply to adorn brand-new apparel-especially denim jeans and jackets-patching is the bright new fad...