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An Oriental scholar and linguist, Allison is one of State's best-informed experts on the Far East, but lacks the drive of his predecessor.
After weeks of tabloid ballyhoo, curious patrons, including her Texas playboy husband Sheppard King, packed into a Miami Beach nightclub for the American premiere of Samia Gamal's torso-twisting harem dance. In bare feet, a gossamer pink skirt slit down the middle, gold tassels glittering round her bare...
He was born of Greek parents in Alexandropol, Russia in 1872. But Alexandropol was too confining. Young Gurdjieff ranged into Persia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Tibet. On these journeys, Gurdjieff sat at the feet of fakirs, dervishes, "holy men" and temple dancers, sopping up unwritten lore. By 1915 he was creating a...
Sleight of Hand. The princes, sparked by Hanwant Singh, seemed determined to make the election not only history's largest and longest, but its liveliest. Hanwant Singh, a polo player and amateur magician whose childhood dreams were realized a year ago when 600 London magicians asked him over to...
Rashomon* (Daiei; RKO Radio), the first Japanese film to reach Manhattan in 14 years, is an interesting cinematic curiosity, quite unlike anything produced in the West. The judges at the 1951 Venice Film Festival gave it their grand prize, and other moviegoers may also be impressed by its expert photography...