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...leisurely, Mediterranean pace. Traffic makes a trip home for a long lunch practically impossible, and crowded restaurants and coffee bars are no place for a noontime siesta. Still, Italians must have their coffee. They consume 20 million cups a day, even though they now have to gulp it on the run. The man who has done the most to exploit this yearning is Carlo Ernesto Valente, 54, whose Faema espresso-coffee machines can spill out a fresh cup of potent brew in as little as ten seconds...
...After flying into Japan to hustle graciously for Royal Crown Cola, the company that sponsors her, Sylvia donned a long silk kimono and obi for a round of tradition al tea drinking. Her first pass showed a clear Western influence as she knocked back the whole cup in one gulp, but she was soon taking it down in the prescribed three sips. "It's fabulous," said Sylvia of the green Japanese brew. "It looked like pea soup but tasted like-well, like exotic bouillon...
AMERICAN PROFILE: THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Robert Gulp narrates a visit to the National Gallery, featuring an account of Resident Restorer Francis Sullivan's use of X rays to uncover hidden secrets in several masterpieces. One example: The Lady in Domino by Tiepolo. She holds a closed fan, but X rays show that the artist first painted the fan open and later closed...
...frankly for show, they are worn on the wrist with wide vinyl bands in vivid electric colors, dangle from necklaces or belts, even come as adjustable rings to be worn on the finger. Nor is their appeal only to the young. Rose Kennedy, Carol Channing, Oveta Gulp Hobby and Mary Lasker all sport them. Lord Snowdon owns several, including a big black one to harmonize with his evening clothes. The Beatles' Ringo Starr threads his on a velvet ribbon and drapes it around his neck...
...story with a beginning, middle and end. They care about people doing things, and all at once." What makes Spy successful, adds Klein, is not plot ("They are silly or nonexistent") but an interesting and warm relationship that is projected by the two lead spies, Bill Cosby and Bob Gulp. The Monkees' story line defies logic, but the show is a hit with the kids. U.N.C.L.E. swings chiefly through gimmickry aided by action-not to mention what Keld calls the "tactile, TV hair" of Illya Kuryakin. Some of NBC's custom-shot movies (World Premiere) de-emphasize plot...