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...buttons unbutton. The look of a custom-made Savile Row suit is unmistakable. So is its durability, mainly because of thousands of hand-stitched seams in the canvas foundations. For all its vaunted prestige, the suit's greatest virtue may actually be its price: even with a 21% import duty, a suit delivered in the U.S. generally costs $200 to $250 v. $250 to $300 for U.S. custom-mades...
...unpredictable, uncontrollable nature of this new style of war has more than just military import. "One step toward controlling war in society," Meselson suggests optimistically, "is to move towards weapons we can control...
Naturally the result is flawless. Director Arthur Friedman gives us a Pooh that is moving, tender, light, and at times bursting with social import. Friedman establishes in the course of his entertainment an extraordinary communion with A.A.'s thought patterns; it is as if the man himself were reading his stories aloud...
...season that is already 90% sold out. Kelly's winning formula: high-quality productions with big-name singers and the best young talent available. Highlight of the company's new production of Macbeth last week was the performance of Welsh Soprano Gwyneth Jones. A tall, flame-haired import from London's Covent Garden, she was a marvelously malevolent partner for Baritone Mario Zanasi as Macbeth, repeatedly thrilled the audience with her heroic, ringing voice. Jones's appearance marked her U.S. debut, and is the latest in a long string of firsts for the Dallas Civic Opera...
Still Very Good. Going against the higher-priced trend is the surprising surge of lower-tagged imports, which are racing 27% ahead of last year and should easily crack the record of 614,000 sold in 1959. In the first nine months of 1966, Volkswagen spurted from 277,000 sales to 308,000, while G.M.'s "German Opel climbed from fifth place to second among imports, with sales of 25,000, followed by Sweden's Volvo, Britain's MG and Japan's Datsun. The Japanese cars are rising fast: Toyota is now the second best-selling...