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...Archbishop of Canterbury met in a site suitable to the historicity of the encounter: the Sistine Chapel, where Popes are chosen and, upon death, rest in state. Beneath the fading colors of Michelangelo's vision of the Last Judgment, Paul and Canterbury sat on identical red brocade and gilt chairs. Canterbury addressed the Pope as "Your Holiness, dear brother in Christ," and as his main point said: "It is only as the world sees us Christians growing visibly in unity that it will accept through us the divine message of peace." Paul, replying in Latin, described the meeting...
Choked Baritone. Built in 1883 at a cost of $1.7 million, the six-story, soot-encrusted exterior of the old house resembles a National Guard armory; the gilt and crimson interior has become a tawdry relic of bygone splendor. The grimy walls are veined with ominous cracks, the plaster is flaking, the gold leaf is peeling, the faded red carpeting is frayed and splotched. The creaking red velvet seats are worn slick and the stage floor is pitted and warped. Backstage, the dingy corridors are cluttered with props and tarpaulins. In Caruso's old dressing room, illuminated...
...001st anniversary of the fabled stupa of Tat Phnom, a gilt-gabled temple wherein reposes one of the Lord Buddha's ribs. The quiet country town of Tat Phnom, set on the banks of the Mekong River, was alive with revelry. Shapely Thai strippers wriggled through their acts while giggling Buddhist monks and greasy-haired village sharpies looked on. A magician sawed a girl in half. Sarong-clad farmers swilled down rice whisky, then took their turns at the local brothel. But the most unusual attraction in Tat Phnom last week was a network of foxholes from which...
Even more impressive were the sales and earnings reports that poured in like a gilt-edged harvest from company after company. From post-tax profits of $37.2 billion in 1964, U.S. companies increased earnings last year to $44 billion. The average industrial company's profit increased 13.4%, with the average dividend rising from $2.60 to $2.85. Buoyed by continuing profits from jet aircraft, the air-transportation industry led all others with a 54% increase in earnings. Electronics were up 48%, textiles 45% and TV manufacture...
...have to be judged to beguile. But it does not work in The Embezzler, partly because these are not very interesting people, mainly because Auchincloss' total detachment invites the same reaction from the reader. If the book makes any point, it is even more familiar than Auchincloss' gilt-edged landscapes are by now: that the only difference between rich people and poor people is money...