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Catching an airplane at most major European airports last week was a little like participating in military maneuvers. London's busy Heathrow was boxed by tanks with cannons uncovered and Grenadier Guards in battle kit. Rome's Ciampino had a sandbagged machine gun nest atop its control tower manned by helmeted carabinieri. Armed Jeeps escorted aircraft along the runways of Orly outside Paris, while 850 flics and special riot troopers kept suspicious eyes on passenger traffic inside the terminal. Everywhere from Amsterdam to Athens there were gun-toting guards and behind them, plainclothes marksmen...
...grande dame of the American stage, Katharine ("Kit") Cornell, is now 80. And since she cannot get out much these days, the American National Theater and Academy decided to stage the presentation of its National Artist Award at her Manhattan town house. An actress-manager, producer, and Broadway star until she retired over a decade ago, the legendary Cornell was renowned for her romantic roles (the star-crossed Iris March in The Green Hat, long-suffering Elizabeth in The Barretts of Wimpole Street). She also looks back with satisfaction on her talent- scouting. Among those who won early recognition...
...paid fees ranging from $35 to $45. That entitles them to participate in two discussion classes supervised by a college instructor and to take two tests, one at mid-term and the other at the conclusion of the 20-week course. For an additional $10, credit students receive a kit that includes a record, 50 additional lectures and articles, a study guide and self-tests. They also get a Monopoly-like board game called Future, in which players advance toward the World of Tomorrow by wisely investing in arts and letters, ecology, social problems and other worthy endeavors...
...outlasts them all), and the eaters who are bent on turning themselves into trash become momentarily sympathetic--real people that we feel can still be "saved." Convulsed by laughter that chokes, we're depleted by movie's end, having been through a cathartic, unlovely experience: the orgy as death-kit...
...everything, there is a gasoline-powered pogo stick. For one who worries about the air around him, there is a stainless-steel belt that monitors pollution. For the woman who likes jewelry and is uncertain where she will be sleeping next, there is the "wild oats sowing kit"-a silver and brass pendant containing a Dialpak of contraceptive pills. For those bothered by walking in cold places, there are woolen socks heated by a battery...