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...Malaya and Singapore today, a mem-sahib is more apt to spend her day screaming at the amah, doing the housework herself, or else trying to poach the perfect gem who works for the Arbuthnots. For the old-style amahs, whose white tunics, black silk pajama trousers and smoothly braided hair made them look like pigtailed penguins, belong to a dying race...
...more than in 1962. Half of all the buyers are families earning less than $10,000 a year. Though central air conditioning costs about $1,300 v. $140 to $290 for bedroom units, the industry has convinced many that the central units last longer, reduce both allergies and housework by filtering out pollen and dust. In office buildings, the trend is toward the central "zonal" unit controlled separately by each tenant...
Seeking Good Will. In some ways, Mafatlal has already made a start. For Indian women on a slim budget, his designers are now bringing out new saris that are durable and inexpensive enough for housework, yet attractive enough to be worn in public. Mafatlal has made deals with 34 Indian retail shops to sell his fabrics at low markups and plans to make more such arrangements. He has also taken the unusual step of placing ads in Indian newspapers and magazines to stress his company's interest in the public's welfare as well as in its rupees...
...Radcliffe Institute scholar writing a history of the development of the atomic bomb, claimed that if a working mother could not have the best of both worlds, "she can have the best of one and as much as possible of the other." She protested against "the tyranny of housework," but noted that she was "not suggesting you live your life in Bohemian squalor...
Father Flanagan. But Flanagan is often heard playing well beyond the range of the virtuosos he accompanies. His touch is perhaps the most melodic in jazz, and in improvisation a beguilingly simple rhythmic sense keeps his left hand engaged with the housework while his right hand goes downtown. In recording studios, where he is fondly known as "Father Flanagan," engineers preen on his performances because his easy handling of the piano avoids the percussive exaggerations that mar most jazz piano recordings...