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...Gunther Schuller) that capture both the painter's economy and his wit. There is sexy balletic humor in a spoof of Arab amour that features sinuous ballerina Willy de la Bije as the most languid odalisque ever to scratch herself where it itches. Most ambitious American entry is Glen Tetley's The Anatomy Lesson, which takes as its starting point Rembrandt's famous painting of the white-ruffed, black-hatted surgeons of Amsterdam, solemnly posed around the dissecting table with its pallid corpse. In Tetley's version, the naked corpse (danced by Jaap Flier) suddenly twitches...
Some two years ago, Wall Street whiz-bang Meshulam Riklis assigned himself a Herculean task. He aimed to take over Schenley Industries, Inc., one of the nation's biggest distillers (1967 sales: $518 million), through a merger with Glen Alden Corp., part of the $1.4 billion sales complex that Riklis, 44, has shuffled together...
Riklis began his most recent push ast month when he went to Miami to make his case at Rosenstiel's winter lome. His offer was one that not even Rosenstiel could turn down. For 945,000 Schenley shares owned or controlled by Rosenstiel, Riklis agreed that Glen Alden would fork over a cool 575 million-or $80 a share for stock hat had been trading for around $65. Last week, with the Rosenstiel stock in hand, Riklis was readying an offer, valued at $410 million, for the remaining Schenley stock...
Scrambling for survival capital, Riklis sold off Rapid-American's businesses (paint, printing and clothing), leaving it a mere shell. McCrory, too, came in for a paring. Riklis then bought control of Glen Alden Corp., a conglomerate with interests in coal and leather goods (which he sold) and textiles and R.K.O. theaters (which he retained). By 1965, such shufflings yielded some $50 million, which Riklis soon put to work. Since early 1966, Glen Alden has bought into building materials, B.V.D. clothing, and only three months ago, the diversified Stanley Warner Corp., whose interests include Playtex bras, movie theaters...
...good news for those of you, who don't race; Glen Ellen Ski Area in Waits-field, Vt., is offering a learn-to-ski deal over the week of Wshington's Birthday. A $35 investment will get you five two, hour ski lessons and use of all lifts. For you skiers who like Waterville, but not the Harvard-Wellesley bus syndrome, you can get a college discount on lift tickets during the week if you present your bursar's card...