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While the commission's formal report will not be out until early next year, one certainty is that Goode's sparkling reputation has been badly tarnished by the tragic events on Osage Avenue. About 400,000 Philadelphians watched the hearings daily on public television and many obviously did not like what they saw. A poll by the local CBS affiliate, WCAU, showed that the 64% approval rating the mayor received last spring for his handling of the Move incident fell twelve points just during the hearings. In municipal elections last week, Ronald D. Castille became the first Republican...
Typically, when Marcos made his decision last week, he did so in a way that was fraught with serious constitutional ambiguities. Under the amended constitution, which Marcos first tailored in 1973 to formalize his rule, presidential elections can be called only if the chief executive dies, resigns, is incapacitated or is impeached. Marcos, however, is reluctant to cede his grip on power for the 60 days of the prospective campaign. Accordingly, the election legislation that goes to the National Assembly this week will be accompanied by a formal letter of resignation from Marcos--but it will take effect only after...
...Books; 210 pages; $29.95), a volume so smoothly designed it should come with its own hanger; Personal Style by James Wagenvoord (Holt, Rinehart & Winston; 222 pages; $16.95), which means to clue in all interested fellas not only about fashion but about many allied matters, from polishing glasses for a formal meal to packing a suitcase for a quick trip; and Man at His Best by the editors of Esquire magazine (Addison-Wesley; 262 pages; $24.95), which features fashion layouts and hot styling tips inspired by Esquire's own glossy pages. This fastidious little boomlet in male-fashion authority has been...
...bowl, a pair of rabbit ears, a water plantain, a whirlpool, a pumpkin, a canyon, or the cone-shaped head of the God of Longevity? The answer is kaware kabuto, which translates from the Japanese as "conspicuous helmets." These were the singular headgear worn into battle, or during the formal maneuvers preceding it, by Japanese clan leaders, before the accurate, quick-firing arms of the 19th century rendered the helmets, their wearers and the samurai ethic they stood for irrelevant...
...horseback, the warlord had to stand out from the anonymous mass of his footsloggers, archers and pikemen. In full rig, cased like a land crab in the formal armor that was designed to protect him against sword cuts and even the slow-flying lead balls of a matchlock, he was a sight: the armor consisted of hundreds of lacquered leather platelets, like fish scales, bound together with silk cord. But his mask, finial, badge and troops' standard, all in one, was the helmet, on whose design much fantasy and theatrical cunning were expended. Because they were an inviting target...