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...learn, for instance, that the Chicago apartment of Ebony Publisher John H. Johnson has walls of leather, floors of petrified wood and a Jacuzzi whirlpool in every bathroom. Such ostentation, we are told, is frowned upon by the black old guard, who prefer the quiet good taste of Sag Harbor summer houses and Episcopal church services. That the black rich unbridgeably divide themselves into old and new money seems to come as a surprise to Birmingham, whose naivete in such matters -whether real or feigned-quickly becomes cloying. After ten years of traveling among a growing list of ethnic elites...
...Jimmy Carter is fatigued. His eyes are red-rimmed and his shoulders sag beneath his gray plaid suit coat as he steps into the elevator from the ceremonial ground floor and rides to his living quarters on the second floor of the White House. It is a few minutes after 7 p.m., and the President of the United States, who prides himself on his punctuality, is late joining his family for dinner...
Thank you, Mr. Morrow, for the wonderfully flattering Essay [March 14], which has me breathing rarefied air. It's one I shall read again should my spirits sag (and they will) as I attempt new projects...
Rawlings has the whole ball manufactured in Haiti, whereas Spalding made the balls domestically and shipped them to Haiti-where labor is cheaper-to be stitched. One theory is that the extra trip made Spalding's balls softer; they suffered from jet sag. Absurd? Sure. But what else is there to talk about on Grapefruit League buses? Tax shelters...
...depth and nuance. The argument has not been put to the test because the networks have been unable to persuade local affiliates to extend network news to 45 minutes or an hour. But what they do with the time already available does not favor their case. Their newscasts regularly sag, at about the two-thirds mark, into some forgettable feature. Why the evening's main story does not instead get that extra moment of rounding out has a lot to do with the networks' obsession with pace, variety and the eye appeal of film...