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...cornucopia of a past that its present cannot protect or even use coherently. But the blame also lies elsewhere. For the past 15 years, every literate person in Europe and the U.S. has been molded by the incessant pressure of propaganda about art as a commodity: by museums which flaunt their directorial machismo by advertising the prices of their million-dollar acquisitions; by witless journalists whose only peg for discussing art is its price; by collectors who grub for investment; and by the horde of dealers, ranging from the little sharks to the dignified auction-room gents with faces like...
...Instead of lamenting their defoliated domes, some 1,000 baldies in 42 states and five foreign countries have joined an organization called Bald-Headed Men of America (BHMA). The group, which this month celebrates its first birthday, has a proud credo: If you haven't got it, flaunt...
Though the ECAC and its member schools are not bound by the NCAA decision, and could conceivably go on playing the rest of the season with players the NCAA has ruled ineligible, the national association has a good deal of clout over members that flaunt its authority...
Unusual Gesture. While the oil possessors are entitled to enjoy and perhaps even flaunt their wealth, they may be well advised to contemplate more carefully the long-range consequences of their action. The Saudis have apparently done just that. Before last month's OPEC ministerial meeting, King Faisal, in a most unusual gesture, sent the Shah of Iran a personal letter urging him to join Saudi Arabia in pushing for lower oil prices. The Shah refused. The Saudi monarch, say officials close to him, wrote the letter because he is worried that the impact of high oil prices on both...
...They are up on the seats boogieing and running around the hall." Dress ranges from scruffy jeans to $200 velveteen jackets. The girls may come in couples to ogle, say, a topless Mark Farner of Grand Funk. Then there are the brassy groupies with their stevedore vocabularies who haughtily flaunt their backstage passes. The boys come in gangs and do what gangs do -fling lighted matches, fight the bouncers, sometimes toss empty wine bottles. Vomiting from too much beer or wine is a status symbol. If these kids do not have tickets, they break in. A heavy security force, sometimes...