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...hands one to Bette Davis. Durang's Henreid standin, a duplicate of double-breasted elegance, suavely does the same, but his Bette Davis is hilariously different. "I'm sorry," she says, "I don't smoke." The vision" of Henreid nervously puffing two cigarettes is a small jewel of farce...
...prospect of unemployment in June, that was transcendent wisdom. It happens. No use worrying. The simple serene Greek wisdom of Theo Kojak. There was another side also appealing, to Kojak: he was a tough, single-minded avenger of slights, insults and crimes. On the trail of a double-crossing jewel thief or of a big-time narcotics gang, he'd snap orders to Crocker and Stavros, ignore the warnings offered by the ancient lieutenant and press on--determined to catch his man. And, amazing in an age where the South Koreans owned Congress and the Nixon gang made money...
GATES OF THE ARCTIC. Above the Arctic Circle in the central Brooks Range, the Gates of the Arctic is the crown jewel of Alaska's proposed parklands, a haunting, austere land of towering peaks and unspoiled wilderness. White, curly-horned Ball sheep, caribou, wolves and other game are found in the park. Nunamiut Eskimos and Athabaskan Indians venture into its vastness to hunt these animals for food...
...under the Empress Dowager. The memoir was based on the diary of Ching-shan, a fin de siècle Manchu courtier. Backhouse claimed to have found this trove of gossip and intelligence in its author's house during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The diary became the jewel of the Oxford collection; scholars may have debated its authenticity, but hardly a soul dared suggest that Backhouse himself had written it. Now Trevor-Roper, revealing for the first time the backdrop of quiet scandals that made up Backhouse's life, concludes that the Sinologist...
Stephen Sondheim is the master jewel cutter of the modern U.S. musical theater. His lyrics are iridescent triumphs of wit and precision; his compositions are faceted with prismatic brilliance. In Side by Side by Sondheim four Britons have performed a lavish labor of love in tribute...