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...desperation, a consortium of West German banks brought in as boss of Henschel a most atypical German industrialist-short, swarthy Fritz-Aurel Goergen, 53-null makes no pretense to gentility or polish. In sports, his tastes run to soccer and pigeon raising, his favorite drink is the traditional German miner's tipple of "steel and iron" (schnapps mixed with beer), and an unwelcome visitor to his office is apt to be presented with a calling card bearing a highly ribald piece of advice. Fritz-Aurel Goergen proudly de scribes himself as a "little...
According to the quick, unstrained, and often exciting method of thinking--that of pigeon-holing and generalizations--Harvard is composed of three types: intellectuals, playboys, and jocks...
...green tea and tree peonies. The photo features, for example, contain such interesting items as: "After five revolutions the transport service in the Fuhsen mining area has shown marked improvement. Here we see the loading of coal in the Haichu open-cut mine." Another caption: "The nationally renowned 'Flying-Pigeon' Bicycle." And again: "Chiang Yen-shin, who has been promoted from a foundry worker to an engineer, has fulfilled his production target for 69 months running while ensuring excellent quality." (Old Chiang is really smiling.) Finally, what can surpass in interest value the feature article, "The Secret of the Degeneration...
Whether stoking her pet peeve ("Women in slacks look like the back end of hacks"), assaulting high fashion ("Their models look as if they had just been blown out of a wind tunnel"), hitting back at the birds ("There ought to be a law that makes pigeon feeding a crime"), or taking a good-natured swipe at the opposite gender ("Man is indeed the weaker sex, worse luck"), Inez Robb interprets the world she roams with an inexhaustible vivacity that can make her competitors' columns read like the telephone book...
...Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike. The skillful young author of Poorhouse Fair and Rabbit, Run captures the exact curve of a handful of small but marvelous human moments...