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Other New York staffers have forsaken tennis for the more convenient indoor pursuits of squash, pelota or Ping Pong. But World Writer George Russell, a former Calgary, Alberta, high school badminton doubles champion, cannot convince his colleagues of the exciting nature of that sport. Says he: "Unfortunately, people consider it a pastime for the back lawn. No one believes how cutthroat...
...Ping-Pong Table. The magazine traveled well (circulation is up 10% since the move, advertising pages up 35% so far this year), but Harris' freewheeling flamboyance did not. Ziff-Davis, the nation's fifth largest magazine publisher (Modern Bride, Popular Photography), is owned by Chairman William Ziff, 46. and run by a button-down battalion of 26 vice presidents. They winced when Harris risked offending liquor advertisers by publishing a tough cover story on drinking; they were displeased when he installed a Ping Pong table at the editorial offices (Harris paid for it himself), and they were confounded...
This week's riots in Peking appear to be a retaliation by China's moderate faction against desecration of a memorial to the late Premier Chou En-lai and against leftist moves to prevent Teng Hsiao-ping from succeeding Chou permanently, University Sinologists said yesterday...
Cynthia Karslake (Pamela Lewis) and Vida Phillimore (Barbara Reid) are the gay divorcees. Cynthia has become engaged to the ex-Mr. Phillimore (Kelly Fitzpatrick), and Vida is on the prowl for the ex-Mr. Karslake (Steven Ryan). What ensues is a flirtatious game of verbal Ping Pong and musical beds. The Asolo company is at its stylish best in The New York Idea, but perhaps an extra bow should go to Pamela Lewis as a sportive Cressida of the drawing room and the racing paddock...
Colleen Dewhurst and Ben Gazzara as Martha and George leer endearingly throughout with maddening control, periodically exploding barrages of verbal fire into vulnerable areas. Their conspiratorial magic transforms metaphysical ping-pong into a cooing and spitting that is pleasing to watch. Richard Kelton as Nick embodies the American Dream to a tee and he plays it with telling emphasis on the ruthlessness of youthful ambition. Maureen Anderman handles what is probably the most difficult role in the play without succumbing to the temptation of making Honey a one-dimensional hysteric...