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...Ralston in the finals. Playing impeccable placement tennis, alternating with spins, drops, and some beautifully surgical work at the net, Santana made virtually no mistakes. Ralston, who played brilliantly enough himself, did make mistakes, such as double-faulting nine times. One hour and 40 minutes later, Santana was Numero Uno-this time in straight sets, 6-4, 11-9, 6-4, the first Spaniard ever to win the All-England championship...
...Lido opening in Paris, the invitations specified evening pajamas, and half the haut monde came in lace or sequined trousers. Not Liz. "I.wear slacks to work," she sniffed, threw on her gold lame sari by Balenciaga, and discovered that in spite of being so old-gown, she rated Table Numero Un between two boulevardiers who could afford to clothe her in pure gold: Aristotle Onassis and Baron Guy de Rothschild...
...quarters of the Lucky Pierres, and half the women of France reserve their special attention for 19-year-old Sylvie Vartan, a beautiful blonde in the rinsed and leggy French tradition, with a mouth like a tulip and the look of a middle-aged child. She is their Chouchou Numero...
...years ago this week, Army General Alfredo Stroessner seized control of Paraguay in a classic South American palace coup. He is still the landlocked little nation's undisputed Numero Uno. But no swelling bands or fancy parades will mark the anniversary. Stroessner may hoist a cup of fiery cana, the local rum, with a few army cronies- nothing more. At 51, he looks and acts more like a mild-mannered businessman than the most durable of Latin military dictators. Today the important thing for Stroessner is not the tormented past, and his own part in it, but the progress...
...cannot say merci for your having ridiculed in your numero of novembre 29, the campagne now launched by the Academic Francaise to eliminer English paroles from the French langue...