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...Guinea's quest for autonomy was hastened by the freedom fad among the world's underdeveloped nations. Fearful of being branded colonialist, Australia, which administers both territories, reluctantly stepped up its self-government timetable. Seven months ago, 400 electoral teams began penetrating the interior to teach the natives the rudiments of democracy...
...Fads & Impulse. The best hope of the industry is the young man between 14 and 24. For one thing, he spends much more money on adornment than his father ever did; a recent survey by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. shows that the average college man spent $387 on clothes last year, compared with only $265 for members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who were 15 years older on the average. For another thing, the young man is apt to be fad-prone...
...bigger and bigger, and their bathtubs with them. More and more common are 51-ft. tubs with 16-in. sides (instead of 14 in.) and the demand for 6-ft. tubs is further threatening the national water table. The other trend-female emancipation-is making itself felt in a fad for twin installations. Double sinks are sprouting everywhere, enabling tooth-brushing, face splashing and shaving to take place side by side without strain on a marriage; and a design contest in Rome awarded first prize to an arrangement of twin tubs with a shower that swivels between them...
...owners will "rock" pheasants and chukars, tucking their heads under their wings and spinning them around until they are too dizzy to fly properly; some birds are so groggy that hunters have to kick them into the air. At the Fin and Feather Club outside Kansas City, the newest fad is a "tower shoot"; hunters form a circle around a 30-ft. tower and pheasants are released, one at a time, from the tower. Some of the birds are banded in different colors, and the hunters contribute to a Calcutta-type pool. Everybody blasts away; a gold band wins...
Greatest Since Kissing. The beep line comes and goes among teen-agers all over the U.S.-a kind of electronic equivalent of the old-fashioned tree trunk on which people used to hang messages. It is partly just fad and fun, partly a way of getting dates...