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...Denis. Her dream for the future: a "ballet of the states," in which she would be the Statue of Liberty. ¶ At Massachusetts' famed Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Britain's Margaret Morris, 64, was appearing with her new dance group, the Celtic Ballet of Scotland. Paris-born Dancer Morris has few illu sions about her own barefoot dancing and choreographic style. Says she: "Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis are the Ice Age; I'm about the Stone Age." But her kilted troupe charmed the critics with Scottish folk dances done with a freshness rarely...
...least 100 Britons are threatened with partial blindness as a result of watching the solar eclipse on June 30, reported three hospitals in Scotland. Some victims may have suffered permanent damage to the macula (the point of clearest vision at the retina's center), in the future would see well only out of the corner of the eye. Two-thirds of the reported cases were in eastern Scotland, where skies were clearest. Doctors in the U.S., where the eclipse could be seen only during early-morning hours, have so far reported only three cases of eye damage, none...
...fame grew, boatbuilders came from Scandinavia and Scotland to work for him. Nevins knew every employee by his first name. Even after he became a millionaire, he often brought his own lunch pail to work, ate outside with the loftsmen and mechanics. His friendship and personal ability invited them to do their best work; his high standards demanded it. Once he set down this principle: "The man who builds . . . yachts is a craftsman; outside of yacht building, there are few craft industries left. A good craftsman must have, first of all, a basic sense of integrity and pride...
...AMERICAN World Airways hopes to cash in on West Germany's fabulous economic revival by starting direct flights between Berlin and New York. Scheduled time is 17 hrs., 11 min., including stops at Hamburg, Prestwick Airport, Scotland, and occasionally Gander, Nfld. Fare...
...From Scotland's Kirk of Shotts down to Rome, eight nations were tied together this week in a European TV network. The first image seen simultaneously in the eight Western European countries was an offshore view of the storied Castle of Chillon in Switzerland, which has been immortalized by Byron's poem and by untold thousands of tourist postcards...