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...performance in telling how she and her advisory committee have redecorated the White House. Without notes or prompting, she showed a connoisseur's knowledge of every antique and objet d'art that came into view (only one scene had to be refilmed; Jackie momentarily confused a Dolley Madison sofa with one of Nelly Custis'). She easily rattled off the names of bygone artists and cabinetmakers, displayed an impressive knowledge of intimate White House history. The Green Room, she noted, "used to be the dining room, and here Jefferson gave his famous dinners and introduced such exotic foods...
...Even Close. Last week, as 2,569 dogs of 116 varieties descended on Manhattan's Madison Square Garden in a Babel of yips, yaps and woofs (plus a screech or two from the barkless Basenji), poodles again rated as the top contenders for Westminster's top award. The dogs were benched beneath the Garden's main floor, surrounded by dog manicurists and hairdressers, fussing owners, and concessionaires who peddled everything from breath sweeteners and "No-Mate Tablets'' to life-size dog portraits ($35 and up). On the main floor, perfumed, powdered and pomaded pooches paraded...
...oranges, signed autographs and stretched stiff muscles with weird calisthenics. A brass band assaulted the night with Music to Run a Relay To. Over everything hovered the athletic aroma of sweat and oil of wintergreen. Then the 55th Millrose Games were on, and the 16,000 people packed into Madison Square Garden were given a night to remember...
With Schlesinger and fellow Critic John Kenneth Galbraith currently on duties remote from advertising, there is another man in Government whom Madison Avenue is becoming nervous about. He is the Federal Trade Commission's aggressive new chairman, Paul Rand Dixon...
...eccentric John Randolph was banished from the chamber on orders of the Speaker. Clay refused to be a mere presiding officer, asserted his rights to appear on the floor as an eloquent member. With the backing of Secretary of State James Monroe, Speaker Clay forced a reluctant President Madison to sign a declaration of war against Britain in 1812. Clay presided for six terms and achieved a lasting prestige for the speakership...