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...Vogue Book of Etiquette in 1948. But by 1952, when the family real estate interest had risen considerably and she received a belated inheritance from her mother, she left Vogue to take up the leisure activities women of her upbringing found time to indulge in. But a life of needlepoint, bridge and gardening couldn't satisfy Millicent Fenwick; she took up local politics with a vengeance, volunteering her services to Clifford Case's bid for the Senate and service as vice chairman of the state Republican party...
...living quarters feature the English country charm of the main drawing room, with its off-white walls, needlepoint rugs, and chairs covered in floral chintz. Scattered about are such remnants of the British Empire as a golden urn commemorating Nelson's victory at Trafalgar and a set of shark's teeth from the Solomon Islands. Folding doors separate the main drawing room from a comfortable anteroom, creating an open space about the length of a bowling alley...
...instance, shouldn't King Lear be seen in some truly golden retirement years, preferably in an adults-only community? And why not a tale in which Othello and Desdemona kiss and make up? Imagine Lady Macbeth joining the Gray Ladies. Or Molly Bloom enrolling in needlepoint class. Or Sir Clifford Chatterley making a successful pilgrimage to Lourdes...
...symposium resumed at 8:30 the following morning for a series of lectures at Gund Hall, Levitt spoke about small entrepreneurs. quoting Lewis Mumford and the needlepoint legend on a pillow a friend gave her. Buckwald, who noted that. "It is no accident that Knoll invited a humorist to discuss the topic of creative leadership." said. "The organization responsible for all our troubles in the Middle East is the Harvard Business School--if they hadn't taught the sons of Arah sheiks to-screw us, oil would be $3 a harrel...
...books. Gordon's characters have simple lives--lives structured by responsibilities, demands, duties and desires. They capture us because Gordon has a passion for the familiar and an original look to reveal it. Her eye catches the minutiae of life and twists them like needlepoint into a design of the ordinary...