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...mineral water cure for "liver insufficiency," the Shah of Iran, 44, daily commuted the 25 miles from Florence to the Montecatini spa in his Mercedes or new grey Ferrari 330 coupé, hitting speeds of up to 130 m.p.h. The Shah's liver perked up after a fortnight, and his wife, Farah Diba, 25, came on down from Innsbruck, where she had been skiing since the Olympics. Then they tooled into Rome where Fair Farah and the monarch, who had been working so hard at his land-and government-reform programs that his doctors had ordered a vacation, settled...
Nonetheless, at a midyear meeting of the 53-year-old National Association of Women Lawyers a fortnight ago in Chicago, delegates agreed that the talented, determined woman has greater opportunity in the law than ever before. More women are becoming interested in the law as a profession. Law schools have markedly relaxed their traditional prejudice against women students. And, largely because many women have proved outstanding attorneys and judges, it is slowly becoming easier for Portia to compete with males for jobs...
...orals. Joined in common cause, teachers and students sweat out the results as the outsiders compile a single grade for each victim. "Most students who go on to graduate school," says one who did, "are quite prepared to say that Ph.D. examinations are pale shadows compared to that terrible fortnight at Swarthmore...
...Walk. Fortnight ago, the month-long polling process actually began. No literacy or property qualifications restricted the universal adult suffrage. Though torrential rains cut down the early turnout, helicopters dropped into remote villages carrying Fiberglas ballot boxes and collapsible polling booths. No voter was more than a day's walk from a polling station. In each district, natives placed their marks beside the name and picture of the candidates of their choice. In all, 299 candidates campaigned for seats in the 64-member House of Assembly; ten seats are appointive, ten reserved exclusively for white candidates, and the rest...
...everybody wanted to look like he came from Harvard, or like he thought everyone looked at Harvard," says Grossman. And it is hoped that the floundering hat industry, for which Kennedy's wind-blown look did nothing, will revive under the ten-gallon-Texan inspiration of President Johnson. Fortnight ago Alex Rose, president of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, paid a call at the White House and announced President Johnson's blessing for an L.B.J. hat-a lightweight model with a somewhat narrower brim than the five-gallon number the President likes to hand...