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...objective store house of information on the U.S., even for scholars. An American diplomat stationed in Moscow some years ago, for example, discovered that books pertaining to the study of the U.S.-Persian relations in the famed Lenin library were catalogued under the letter I, for "In famous U.S.-Persian relations." Such a lack of the generalist's sane overview often made American society, as seen from Moscow, something of a mystery. Was racial violence, for example, a sign that it was coming apart at the seams...
...show business whose 58-year career was highlighted by his portrayal of Cap'n Andy in Broadway's Show Boat; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif. Charlie landed the role of Cap'n Andy in 1927, and by the time Show Boat closed, his famous line, "Hap-pee New Year!," was being imitated by revelers everywhere. After that, in dozens of films (Destry Rides Again, Give My Regards to Broadway), he was type-cast as a bibulous yet benign paterfamilias. Said Winninger: "I've played father to everyone in Hollywood except Charles Laughton...
...both to his vast learning and his stubborn refusal to confine himself to one discipline. Among the twenty-three volumes he's produced since 1922 are texts on Herman Melville, on the history of art and literature, on design and architecture and on moral philosophy. But perhaps his most famous and important work has been in urban affairs. Mumford was among the first Americans to study the problems of the cities systemically, and the ideas he formulated in the 1920's have, if anything, gained in relevance as time passed...
Died. Louis Feder, 77, king of the toupee makers, who ministered to the bald and the balding for 50 years; of cancer; in Miami Beach, Fla. The Austrian-born wigmaker established the House of Louis Feder, Inc., in 1914, created his famous "Tashay" (he abhorred the term "toupee") and advertised it as "a hurricane-resisting hairpiece that can be combed and brushed, kept on in high winds and when swimming, and worn for weeks without removal." By the time he retired in 1964, his company had sold wigs to more than 100,000 happy clients. When someone asked...
...burning Nehru jacket and tan wool bellbottoms. I basked in her admiring glance for a few moments, leaning provocatively up against a table laden with sardine sandwiches. Before I could think of something hip to say someone more immediately important than myself strode into the room. It was some famous model, with the lengthy graceful moves of a giraffe in slow-motion. "So good to see you!" screeched Leathern Petite and left me stranded. Thus began my adventure in the Wonderful World of the Boston Sound...