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...draft of a pact that he suggested Hammer take back to the U.S. to study. Instead, Hammer flipped through it for 30 seconds and changed just one word, scratching out "draft" and substituting "agreement." Then he signed it and handed it back to Gvishiani. When the Russian began to hem and haw, Hammer asked in mock amazement how the Soviet official could possibly object to signing his own draft. After those theatrics, the agreement was an anticlimax: it is a nebulous "technical cooperation" that commits neither Occidental nor the Soviets to anything except consultations between their experts...
...style and characterization; by contrast, a better writer "won't be bothered with the coolie labor of breaking down unbreakable alibis." Shaffer tries to escape this dilemma by concentrating first on the personal, then the class bitterness between Wyke and Tindle, but the intricacies of his plot hem him in; the bitterness, instead of a motive, seems like an excuse. Characters remain incidental to the contortions of plot...
...some rice pilaf from his plate. For the first time he could remember since junior high his grazing ability failed and he ended up with a snout full of red and white tablecloth. Not wishing to attract attention. Steve continued to munch away until he got to a hem he looked up. The people seated around the now bare table were staring at him. Retaining his composure after a slight telltale blush, he sliced down the seam and severed his connection with his meal, swallowed a mouthful of 99 per cent cotton, licked his chops, smacked his lips, wiped...
...palazzos have their faults. In high winds, their flaring legs can flap like sails, tending to impede walking. "If a woman speeds around in them too quickly," says Los Angeles designer Jim Reva, "she'll trip on" the flowing hems. Palazzos also tempt women to pull the baggy britches on over their shoes, a procedure that can be dangerous. One Atlanta girl successfully got one shoe in but snagged the other on the voluminous hem and fell on her nose...
...Bolt. Sewing machines now do practically everything but press the finished garment. Dial a knob or change a foot and your machine can sew on buttons or make flawless buttonholes. Machines can also darn socks, embroider blouses and monogram pockets as well as baste, hem and stitch once "impossible" materials like leather and stretchable knits. In addition to all this, Singer's expensive Touch & Sew model ($439.95) has solid-state speed control enabling it to breeze through varying thicknesses of fabric without being reset. Today, however, many inexpensive machines (about $60) offer zigzag, hemming and stretch stitches plus...