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...palazzos have their faults. In high winds, their flaring legs can flap like sails, tending to impede walking. "If a woman speeds around in them too quickly," says Los Angeles designer Jim Reva, "she'll trip on" the flowing hems. Palazzos also tempt women to pull the baggy britches on over their shoes, a procedure that can be dangerous. One Atlanta girl successfully got one shoe in but snagged the other on the voluminous hem and fell on her nose...
That, as Nixon is well aware, is the focus of a policy debate that could become as bitter as the Safeguard anti-ballistic missile flap of 1968-69. The present strategic-arms-limitation accords, which are known collectively as SALT I, are intended to be merely a first stage. They are supposed to clear the way for SALT II, a comprehensive agreement that may some day restrain, and perhaps even reduce the full range of strategic weapons maintained by the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The SALT II talks are not even scheduled to begin until October, and they could...
...impression of raffish knowledgeability is what a writer tries to establish when he lists his accomplishments for the inside back flap of his novel's dust jacket. It is thus very good to be able to put down, as Novelist Barry Hannah did on the jacket of Geronimo Rex, "troubleshooter in a turkey-pressing plant." It is not so good to write "Presbyterian minister," and Frederick Buechner, who interrupted his writing career for several years to take a degree at Union Theological Seminary and become a minister, admits that he has thought of publishing his novels under an assumed...
Most uniformed employees do not even resent the fact that they have become sophisticated sandwich boards for their employers (many uniforms have the company name or symbol on a pin or concealable pocket flap). Says Assistant Cashier Lou Ann Lougher of Los Angeles' First Western Bank: "My uniform is a conversation piece. People stop me on the street to ask about it." Bank Teller Marta Ronchi concurs, "If I work in a place, I'm proud of it. I'm the type for a uniform; I was raised by the nuns." Although some employees find the career...
Helpful Image. There is nothing improper about the letter; Democrats as well as Republicans solicit convention contributions in much the same manner, and both stand to benefit from the new law. However, coming from the Justice Department, the letter is intriguing in light of the current flap over the convention contributions of International Telephone and Telegraph. Written six weeks before the ITT controversy erupted, the letter is the first definite link in San Diego between the convention and the Justice Department. It also confirms that Kalmbach and his law firm have clout in representing Nixon in the West. Indeed, Kalmbach...