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...that U.S. economic influence in Canada is partly due to the passivity of Canadian investors. "They might go into the wilderness, cut down trees, break the land, and move over mountains, but if they made $100 in five years, damned if they'd put it in anything but gilt-edge securities." He half jokes that the U.S. has done a lot for Canadian unity because anti-Americanism, at least on the surface, "is one bond between us all." Yet the fact that Americans and Canadians are so much alike is disconcerting: "If you're supposed to be anti...
Whatever has been making Lampy a dull boy, Lampy only knows. Many of the articles have been precious, sweet little nothings-lots of gilt and no lily. Things frilly and roccoco are fine, but they must be done with infinite care. At the same time, any piece that showed merit has appeared at least 13 times in the last 12 months. Now that the 'Poon is in the chips, it can certainly afford to have the printer make up some new plates...
...Poor Barbara Garson! Now that the critics have roasted MacBird into a gilt-edged annuity, she will have to reconcile herself to fame and a fat purse. That's a hell of an albatross to hang on a fully committed protester. If that's what...
Backbreaking Gesture. The reliquary bust of St. Sigismund (see color page) demonstrates the multiple origins of Polish art. Given by Polish King Casimir the Great to the cathedral in Plock in 1370, the gilt object commemorates the martyred king of Burgundy, killed by the Franks during the 6th century, who became so popular that three kings of Poland took the name of Sigismund. The crown, studded with tourmalines, diamonds, pearls and sapphires, was commissioned in Venice nearly 150 years before the making of the bust, which was fashioned in Germany...
...time, set off the craze for ruffled bellbottoms. The Strip became the perfect place for flaunting rebellion, for catching the latest underground movie at the Cinematheque and for trying on the newest fads, from pressed-straight blond hair and granny glasses to surfers' crosses, military coats and giant gilt earrings...