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...economic vision is common sense: when something is wrong, make it right. Do not try to pretend that it is right. It has been about 73 years since Galbraith was born on his father's Ontario farm, but its marks on him can never be erased by time. His garb is now strictly Ivy League Professorial, yet, in repose, his thumbs seem naturally to stray to his lapels, in the classic farming pose. The wrists, dangling from his famed and still awesome longitude, still seem unnaturally powerful for one who has made a living with his wits. Though Galbraith spends...
Despite their Renaissance garb, the Vatican's famous Swiss Guards are not entirely decorative. They carry halberds, but submachine guns are never far away. At the bronze door of St. Peter's they are stashed in a brass umbrella stand, unnoticed by tourists who click away at the guards' fanciful uniforms. Vatican security is, in fact, a mixture of modern and medieval. Plainclothes Swiss Guards and men from the papal gendarmes hustle alongside the Pope's car when he appears for audiences, just as the Secret Service does for the President...
...careful plan laid down by autocratic President Ferdinand Marcos and his powerful First Lady Imelda, who had much to gain from a festive association with John Paul. Everywhere, as if on cue, Filipinos were on hand to enact earnest welcoming playlets, sing, dance or pose as "tribesmen" in outdated garb. During one motorcade, a phalanx of trained water buffalo knelt in reverence just as the pontifical car swept by, while at another point a beaming bride and groom in a mock wedding paused in mid-ceremony to wave to the Pope from a bamboo roadside chapel...
...William Trevor does not think so, though he is too careful a novelist to ruin his effects with philosophical inquiry. His effects are startling in their range and complexity. Trevor can be sharply funny, as in his description of a television director: "Attired in what appeared to be the garb of a plumber but which closer examination revealed to be a fashionable variation of such workman's clothing: his dungarees were of fawn corduroy, his shirt of red and blue lumberjack checks. He wore boots that were unusual, being silver-coloured; and beneath each armpit, in a shade...
Though neither of the Reagans is a fashion plate, both dress with assurance and a keen sense of what is appropriate for almost every occasion, be it a barbecue on their California ranch (top-of-the-line cowboy garb), a press conference (Ron may be in plaid jacket and slacks, Nancy in a preppie blazer and skirt) or a fund-raising banquet (business suit for him, cocktail dress...