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Flying on to Canada, the weary Sandys got a brusque reception. He was flown from Montreal to Ottawa in a creaking old DC-3, while a Nigerian trade mission arriving the same day was assigned a plush government Viscount. At the bargaining table, the Canadians demanded not only assurances of protection for their exports to Britain ( which constitute only 20% of their sales abroad), but also that Britain would call a Commonwealth Prime Ministers' meeting before opening talks with the Six. Sandys had no authority to agree to either (and Macmillan, who will not even let the Commons debate...
...gravely that he must clear all the glasses off the bar. Closing time is 1 a.m. every night except Saturday,. when midnight rings down the curtain. Local libertarians are currently engaged in a full-scale attack on the Blue Laws, but in the meantime, just drink fast. The plush scenes are the Merry-Go Round Room in the Sheraton Plaza Hotel, the Ritz Bar in the Ritz Carlton, the Keyboard Lounge in the Somerset Hotel, and the Eliot Lounge in the Eliot Hotel...
...With admirable Yankee practicality, one Rhode Island dealer advertises: "For those who wouldn't like to be caught dead in a plush-lined coffin," a mail-order traditional plain wooden box with strong rope handles, at $120. "Cover it with cushions, and it can double as a storage chest and low seat until needed for its ultimate purpose...
Gathered out of 26 museums from coast to coast and from Florida to Montreal and from 27 private collections of such art patrons as David Rockefeller Henry Ford II and Mrs. Marshall Field, the show brings together mostly unfamiliar works, including three Rembrandts. Richly hung against red plush walls in three small rooms and a connecting foyer a wide variety of styles and periods offset each other, inviting fresh appraisals and creating an effect that is intimate and dazzling-like diamonds nestling in velvet More surprising is the mood of the collection: a luminous tranquillity...
...tearful Deputy was a man named Corollaire, the good man was King Louis XVI, and the mess was that fantastic and shattering imbroglio-the French Revolution. Louis, dressed in old brown plush and very dirty linen, did not look much of a King at the moment. He had just been frustrated in the most sensible decision of his reign-to flee from his capital with his family. The royal entourage had as much chance of inconspicuous anonymity as a troupe of menagerie freaks.They were recognized 125 miles from Paris at Varennes and-the whole coach train of them-hauled back...