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...lighter side, when he left Beirut in 1954 after three years as Middle East bureau chief, he was the subject of a tongue-in-cheek U.S. embassy cable to the State Department. Dispatch No. 439 began: "Plumpish, sunburned, middle-aging James Bell had been a man with a timely mission: to present the complex, rapidly unfolding story of the Middle East to TIME readers...
...Secret Agent Derek Flint, James Coburn works for an outfit called ZOW1E. He opposes Galaxy, a criminal conspiracy "bigger than Spectre." He carries a pocket lighter with 82 different functions, "83 if you wish to light a cigar," and keeps four mistresses, not counting Galaxy's Gila Golan. Galaxy owns a machine that prepares all five girls to serve as "pleasure units." Viewers who believe that exaggeration equals excellence ought to enjoy Flint's machine-made pleasures immensely...
...bucket seats, A.M.C. was styled out. With growing national prosperity, the desire for compacts and economy faded. And for the small segment of buyers still primarily concerned with economy, high production costs make A.M.C. Americans $200 to $300 more expensive than throaty little Volkswagens. The Volks, though smaller and lighter than the American, outsells it better than 4 to 1 in the economy market, for which they compete...
...Hydro-Pram, available for either sail ($465) or outboard ($250). Because of a thick bottom layer of polyurethane foam, it will not capsize with a 145-lb. boy standing on its gunwale, nor sink when filled with water and two beefy men. Total weight: 90 lbs. Lighter still is the 10-ft. 4-in. Swift, George O'Day's bid for a slice of the sailboard market. Only 80 lbs., the Swift costs $250, features a self-bailing cockpit and toeholds for hiking...
...first couple of episodes, at least, the Dynamic Duo will be matching wits with The Riddler (Three men are in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches ... How can they smoke? Toss a cigarette overboard and make the boat a cigarette lighter). Maniacally played by Frank Gorshin, he "contrives his plots like artichokes ... you must pull apart the spiny leaves to get to the heart." Alfred, Batman's butler, does not look at all like he should, the police commissioner has no moustache, and somehow an Aunt Harriet has sneaked into the Batman's life; other than that...