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Indeed, the whole enchanted continent, originally colonized by white men in pursuit of El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth, is encapsulated in Macondo. The only trace of the Protestant ethic in the town is the operation of the U.S banana company-and the "gringos" are plainly mean, greedy, and probably crazy too. The Buendias, on the other hand, are inspired mainly by the magic in life. They see no limit of human potential, mostly because natural miracles abound-a plague of insomnia, showers of dead birds or yellow flowers, the arrival of death as a lady in blue. When...
...Beethoven's bachelor household was how to obtain writing paper, domestic help and food-fish, oysters and Hungarian wines were his special favorites-as cheaply as possible. That was important, since Beethoven was one of the greatest penny pinchers who ever lived. He was delighted to receive a fountain pen that held ink for five days, to hear about a new fragrance for men that supposedly was better than eau de cologne. In his last years, he made a brief effort to master one of the few arts he had never learned as a child -multiplication...
...both House and Senate. Because the bill had grown by $1.1 billion over Administration requests, Nixon proclaimed it inflationary and promised to veto it. Last week in a presidential first, he explained his case for ten minutes on network television and then, with a flourish of his audibly scratchy fountain pen, signed the veto order in prime time. "The issue," said Nixon, "is not whether some of us are for education and health and others are against it. The question is, how much can the Federal Government afford to spend on these programs this year...
Sculptor Neke Carson designed a combination fountain-environment that is beautiful to look at and fun to be in. Participants sit inside two large plastic bubbles and watch smaller plastic bubbles floating about in a trough of gurgling water. Ted Hallman, a Zen Buddhism enthusiast, used 100 lbs. of yarn for his African-looking hut. "My idea was to make an environment that was comfortable, soft, with neutral colors and a calming effect," he says. The hit of the show is Furniture Designer Wendell Castle's laminated oak "reclining space for one." Open a marvelously sculptured door and there...
...bane of every kid brother and sister. "I saw some birds eating bread," says a boy in a green shirt, "and this huge crow came along and took the bread because he was bigger than they were." The talk swings to the problem of dominance at the water fountain. "That's the way life is," says a pudgy philosopher. "You're weaker than the older boy, and you can't get the water if he's thirsty...