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Simple Utility. The Nixons, covering 8,500 miles in a plush Air Force Constellation, traveled light for visiting diplomats. The Vice President took only two pairs of shoes-sport black for day, smooth-toed black for evening wear; two white dinner jackets and one black one, six business suits and enough shirts to last between laundries. Pat had five hats and a small flexible wardrobe that she turned into a variety of fresh-looking combinations to fit the occasion...
...restaurants or small alcove kitchens (at no extra charge) in their suites. Says the manager of the 96-unit Atlanta Terrace Motel, biggest in the state: "People just won't stop if they have to go elsewhere for food." Others give their guests free morning and evening newspapers, plush communal lounges, playgrounds with shuffleboard, badminton, swings and even horseshoe pits...
...ingredients: 1) a text by Strauss's friend, Poet Hugo von Hofmannstahl, with its share of Viennese titillation and Gemütlichkeit; 2) lovely melodies for the high voices, including some, so melting that the music seemed to run across the stage and drown the prompter; 3) a plush orchestra filled with lavender sighs and so much busy prattle that it recalled the old lady who did not know what her opinions were until she heard what...
...conversation that came through was a bore. Rolf Gérard's scenery, on the other hand, was both attractive and understandable: the vast gold and white ballroom in the second act had beautifully costumed couples waltzing in the background, and the third act's red-plush hotel lobby was an atmospheric masterpiece...
...Shank & Three Trombones (Pacific Jazz LP). Further adventures of West Coast jazzmen in their new instrumental colors. This one features plush sounds that should please even the cats who do not quite dig Saxophonist Shank. Titles: Valve in Head, Cool Fool, Wailing Vessel...