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...early evening of the wedding day, London's D.H. Evans should have a copy of the bridal gown in its Oxford Street window. The knock-off is the work of Ellis Bridals, which turns out copies "whenever there is a royal wedding," according to Brenda Ellis, 33, granddaughter of the firm's founders. "We simply reproduce the dress so the public can have it. It's the same thing...
Though financial razzle-dazzle plays are certain to keep interest rates in turmoil for months more at least, any easing off on monetary policy would assuredly bring only a temporary benefit. An increase in the money supply would first knock rates down slightly, but then it would send them leaping to still higher peaks when inflation exploded anew. The financial markets seem to be telling Washington that they want less federal spending and borrowing. Only if that occurs will interest rates come down and Stay down...
...witty, urbane detectives who showed how much the sensibilities of the country had grown since Hammett first started. Nick Charles would rather go to a party than investigate--and both he and Nora would rather have had a roll in the hay (not always with each other) than a knock on the head. The Charles were made into movies and a radio series. Hammett revelled in his creation. Mickey Spillane was still doing hard-boiled stuff, of course but Hammett was again ahead of the pack...
...Israeli air strike was only one of several disturbing signs last week of the continuing tension in the Middle East. The Soviet Union and Syria conducted joint naval maneuvers, a blunt reminder to the Israelis that they could be borrowing trouble if, as Begin had warned, they tried to knock out the Syrian missile sites in Lebanon. U.S. Envoy Philip Habib returned to the Middle East to try again to settle the Syrian-Israeli dispute, but so far neither side seems ready to budge. Complained Begin, a bit sanctimoniously: "With all due respect to my dear friend Philip, he didn...
...title before he starts offering me a shot. He's got to beat Cuevas first, and Cuevas is a great fighter. Cuevas will knock him out, and I don't want any more questions about Hearns. I want to fight Duran again...