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Weld's next-door neighbor David Marsten '66remembers that the future governor liked to studyin peace and frequently complained about loudmusic coming from Marsten's room...
...sure he will be the next President,"Marsten said...
...most recent year for which figures are available, the highest percentage of suicides among college students occured in October, said Nancy Marsten, program director of Samaritans Suicide Prevention in Boston. She said that with the end of the initial adjustment of moving in and beginning classes comes the "real adjustment--finding friends, having relationships or not having them...
...Good taste is available anywhere," says Manhattan Designer Barbara Marsten. "But you have to come to us for something garish." So one does, judging by the brobdingnagian baubles designed by Marsten's firm, appropriately named Caveat Emptor. The latest in nouveau gauche is a collection of oversized diamonds, rubies, emeralds and other jumbo gems made of mug-proof cardboard. The paper jewels, actually collages made from color photographs of real gems, are meant to dangle from the neck on elasticized "platinum-colored" chains. On the back of each cutout is a wry put-on and putdown of the world...
...idea for the ponderous pendants was dreamed up "as a lark" by Marsten, her Caveat Emptor partner Richard Neibaur and Illustrator John Johnson. They call their creations throwaway chic, but at $2.50 each, the necklaces are no giveaway. Still, Bonwit Teller, Jordan Marsh and Filene's of Boston, among other stores, have placed orders, suggesting that the eggplant-size paper rocks will be at least as much of a hit on the party circuit this fall as, say, pet rocks were last year. In fact, orders are pouring in so fast that the ersatz emeralds, diamonds and rubies...