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...room Air Hótel are equally popular with the honeymoon crowd and the cinq-à-sept set who want to avoid being spotted by relatives or friends in downtown hótels de passé. Such liaisons have already become part of the Gallic tradition; in Une Femme Mariée, Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 film, one love scene is filmed at an Orly hotel. For newlyweds, the nearby Orly Hilton provides free champagne; for transients, it has a special "day use" rate of $13 per room, as opposed to normal nightly rates of from...
...Right of Violence. Police and FBI agents have failed to uncover any solid evidence. The tiny, 3,000-member Puerto Rican Pro-Independence Movement, a legal party led by San Juan Attorney Juan Mari Bras, 40, denies responsibility. "I can't conceive of any independence people carrying out such a campaign," says Bras. "But we don't deny the right of violence...
Last week the girls cleared the field again. When the eleven men and twelve women had finished playing their way through the single contest piece-Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations-the judges gave the first prize of $1,000 to Toronto Pianist Mari-Elizabeth Morgen, 23. Mari-Elizabeth was so sure that she would not get past the semifinals that she brought only one dress to Washington. That was her only mistake; at the piano, she was flawless-poised, professional, and in full control of the knuckle-crunching requirements of the Goldbergs.* Second and third prizes were given...
...BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN by Mari Sandoz. 191 pages. Lippincott...
Military Stupidity. Novelist-Historian Mari Sandoz (Old Jules, Cheyenne Autumn), who died in March at 68, confirms this in her admirable account of the battle. Like most historians, she agrees that Custer was guilty of military stupidity when he divided his attacking force of about 650 men into three groups and placed them too far apart to support each other effectively. The Sioux, recovering from their surprise, made short work of Custer and the 212 cavalrymen whom he led. His last stand probably lasted no longer than 20 minutes. Afterward, the bodies of the soldiers were stripped and mutilated...