Word: relaxants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After the books have been read and the reviews written, the three relax by playing folk rock on ukulele, guitar and washtub-and-broom-handle bass. Then, as he did last week, Kanfer sits back and reflects on the gentlemanly art of reviewing: "I've written books too, so I've played both sides of the net," he says. "Which is easier...
Luckily, those obstacles don't stand in the way of the huge crowds of ordinary citizens who yearly fill the stores, discreetly pulling apart the displays of sweaters and bathrobes. Heck, Christmas shopping can even be fun. If you're not panicked for gift ideas, anyone can relax and enjoy the lights, decorations and choreographed insanity. And if you don't know what to buy because Uncle Barney already has all the ties he needs and your grandmother has 12 different sets of dinner napkins, the stores are full of new gimmicks--and old gimmicks in a new package...
...opening scene and rightly criticizes it: "It's eight stand-up comics at the beginning, and the dialogue could have been a lot snappier." In the opening scene, the jokes die; the players appear lifeless, like actors reading cue cards. But the dialogue quickly snaps up, the performers relax with their roles, and work with each other until the humor comes spontaneously...
Continuing his shutter diplomacy, Kennerly flew to Jerusalem, where he found Begin an equally receptive subject. He accompanied the Premier on visits to what the Israelis call the New Territories, sat in on his business conferences, and watched him relax with his family. Says Kennerly: "Both Begin and Sadat are consummate politicians. I think they would probably get along well-perhaps not politically, but personally...
Sadat is a paradoxical mix of East and West. He likes English clothes and enjoys his presidential perquisites-including nine official residences, which he shares with his wife Jihan, 43. One of his homes is in Mit Abu el Kom. There he dons a peasant gallabiya to relax. He is as devout a Muslim as Israel's Begin is a Jew-his forehead bears a mark from touching it so often to the ground in prayer...