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...speaking his own epitaph; it is Henry Fonda's annunciation as an actor, that moment when he began to shed the first impression he had made in films like The Farmer Takes a Wife-that of a shy, likable but lightweight piece of homespun-and take on the raiment of authority. Looking back now, we see that there was no one else who could have played Tom Joad, no one else who could do what Fonda did-drain the sentiment and literariness out of that speech with his drawling directness and, in the process, encompass some of what...
...fresh verbal raiment with which to costume...
...welcome was as grand as protocol would allow. On his first visit to Washington since he assumed office last July, Japan's Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, 70, was greeted with a fanfare of trumpets, a 19-gun salute, a military guard in 1776 revolutionary raiment and the largest diplomatic dinner the Reagans have given in the White House. The 109 guests ranged from captains of industry to Cabinet members of both countries to James Clavell, author of the bestseller Shōgun, and Actor Richard Chamberlain, star of the TV miniseries based on Clavell's novel. The pomp...
...annual roll showed a unique alteration: title of the world's best dressed man was awarded to Pope John Paul II, who is into cassocks, capes and red pontifical hats and shoes, rather than business suits and dinner jackets. No matter. The way the Pope wears his traditional raiment, insisted the F.F.A.'s Charles Richman, is nothing short of "elegant...
...single balls without bending; Lobster, one of the many mechanical tennis partners able to shoot practice balls at you every 3% seconds. Stores bulge with any or all of the several hundred tennis books now in print. (Sample title: How to Increase Your Net Value). Alluring fashion ads offer raiment ranging from the new see-through tennis dresses to maternity clothes for tennis-playing moms-to-be?along with some advice from doctors on why it is safe to play while pregnant. Also available are cute court togs for the baby ("the little lobber"). Tennis, in short, has become...