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Both the Crown Prince and the lieu tenant commander share a natural flam boyance. At 31, Moulay Hassan is a slim, handsome young man with a taste for fast cars, fleet horses. French starlets, huge signet rings and narrow, pointed shoes. Commander Blair, 43, is a brash, talkative Texan who describes Moulay Hassan as "one of the most able men alive today." As public relations officer at the U.S. naval base at Kenitra, Blair kept the prince supplied with gifts from the PX. He further endeared himself to court circles by presenting attractive Princess Lalla Aisha, 29, with a cowgirl...
...Wicked Ways (Putnam, $4.95). The book is written in a loose, well-Erroled prose that sounds as if it was talked on tape at 2 a.m. in the back booth of the Brown Derby, and the reader is often left wondering where the facts leave off and the Flynn-flam begins. But on the whole, My Wicked, Wicked Ways tells an entertaining, cautionary tale about a badly frightened black sheep who tried to prove he was the big, bad wolf and to live up to his public image ("a sword in one hand and a garter in the other...
...subject of the play, Robert Jordan has less to work with. But if the author has given him little personality, Jordan has enough and to spare of his own. He takes the part in his rumpled, boyish manner, and his quiet superbness goes beautifully with Miss Wylie's flam-boyant brilliance...
...first time since it invaded Australia, the U.S. Davis Cup team looked like a collection of topflight tennis players. Veterans Vic Seixas and Herbie Flam overpowered the Philippine team, 5-0, served notice that they will have little trouble with Belgium on their way to the challenge round...
...Clay Court championships in Chicago last week, Wimbledon Champ Althea Gibson, 29, aiming squarely at next month's U.S. singles championships, overpowered California's Darlene Hard, her Wimbledon opponent, 6-2, 6-3. In the men's finals, aging (33) Vic Seixas downed Herb Flam (28) in a pattyball party by the score...