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Seldom has old Salzburg witnessed such an ovation. After the festival's opening concert last week, a capacity audience of 2,200 stamped, clapped and bravoed in a demonstration that verged on Beatlemania. One of the few in the hall who seemed unmoved by all the fuss was the man on the podium, hot-eyed, shock-haired Zubin Mehta, 28, the onetime boy wonder from Bombay who, in four years of conducting from Moscow to Montreal, has enjoyed one of the most spectacular ascents to fame in many a decade...
...almost immediately: the extraordinary deference local pedestrians pay to passing motorists. They actually stand patiently--on the curb--while a red light flashes its warning. When it turns green in their direction, and all vehicles grind obediently to a halt, Washingtonians finally plod across the street. No muss, no fuss, no howling drivers, no bruised pedestrians, no frantic policemen...
...tizzy. Conservatives charged that Pearson had first tried to censor the film, then persuaded CBC to kill it altogether-meanwhile sarily hesitant replies (he had seen an early version but not the final version) left Canadians with the vaguely uneasy feeling that perhaps there was something to the fuss after all. Said an exasperated member of the Pearson-supporting New Democrats: "Here we have a situation that could have been cleared up right off by a candid, complete statement of about 200 words by the Prime Minister. But instead he backed away and backed away. Ever since they...
...dropping the tops of their suits for years." "It has no dignity," snipped Designer Norman Norell, "it's rock bottom." Colleague Oleg Cassini explained that the suit could hardly influence him. "I'm already very conscious," he yawned, "of that part of the anatomy." Through all the fuss, Rudi stood fast, insisted the suit was no gag. "After all," he sighed, "women have been exposing their bosoms all through history. Now all of a sudden it's a big deal...
...pickers and coin laundries. Delta last year handled $242 million worth of appliance paper and personal loans; it would now be able to use Avco's good connections to raise more capital. "Dick" Wilson runs Avco with easy informality, says, "We try to operate with a minimum of fuss and paper." He and President James Kerr, 46, have adjoining offices, never use memos when casual conversation will...