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...exotic Far Eastern locations make for a few postcard snaps and a lot of unintentionally hilarious dialogue. Murmurs a sapphic archaeologist setting up a rendezvous with Emmanuelle: "Come to the klongal 2." Had Terry Southern been involved, the city of Bangkok might have been the occasion for a few robust puns. But that, like much else, presumably does not translate...
...while, it almost seemed that West Germany's robust economy was immune from the crisis that is sweeping the industrial nations. Month after month, while soaring oil prices drove inflation and trade deficits skyward round the world, West Germany racked up one record surplus after another. Foreign reserves swelled, orders bulged, and the country's already low inflation rate (7.8%) actually began to decline. An enormous backlog of foreign orders, plus the magic of "Made in Germany," kept exports surging ahead...
...used himself as the model. As an illustrator, however, he favored beautiful women as his subjects; some of his best works are portraits of the famous, including Mark Twain, John and Ethel Barrymore. Susan Meyer's book offers a wide selection of Flagg's relaxed yet robust drawings, paintings and poster art, and fondly fills in the lively biographical gaps...
...ambassador from Chile looks a bit out of place, seated on a deep couch and sipping coffee in a dark wood-panelled room of the Harvard Club in Boston. His well-tailored, pinstriped suit reveals the thick, muscular outline of a body surprisingly robust for a man of 57 years. His hands are large and his shoulders seem almost stony in their squareness. His neatly-combed silver hair and dark skin complement the angular features of his roughly handsome face...
...example, foresees reduced capital demands in some areas, thus helping to alleviate capital shortages. Even the energy squeeze probably means that less money will be spent on highways and refineries. But the U.S. economy in many ways faces its severest test since the Depression, and its recovery to robust health more than ever rests on discipline and patience and a finely tuned balance between needs of public and private sectors. Speaking of the crusade against the self-destructive force of inflation, Okun said: "I think if we fail, that is the end of this kind of a system...