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High Living Standard. The mystery was what took them so long. On $49 a week, Vassall lived in a comfortable Pimlico flat whose proudest ornament was an antique, $1,000 Queen Anne wardrobe. He had 100 silk ties, 19 suits. By paying him nearly as much as the Admiralty did, the Russians helped maintain his high living standard. "He was trapped by lust," said Attorney General Sir John Hobson, "and cash kept him a prisoner." Vassall, pleading guilty to four counts of espionage, drew an 18-year sentence...
...Wives of the crew members of Vallone's newest ship, the S.S. Phaedra, standing mutely in the corridor outside his office to await news of the shipwreck that has killed most of their husbands. The women are swathed in rusty black, and Mercouri, a vengeful virago in white silk, elbows her way savagely through the crowd as she seeks out Vallone to tell him that she and Perkins have been lovers...
...producerdirector, Satyajit Ray. If it does not quite measure up to the earlier triumphs, it is probably because the new film lacks the trilogy's earthy excitement. For instead of dealing with the struggles and ordeals of a poor-but-proud lower-class family, Devi moves through the silk and saffron world of a rich household in 19th century India...
...Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Communist Poland, who raised a finger to his lips to hush those who were cheering him. There were, in all, 2,700 of them-the spiritual leaders of 500 million people. And in the rear of the procession, carried on a gilded throne, its white silk canopy glistening in the sun. came Pope John XXIII, who turned from side to side, his right hand constantly blessing the bobbing heads below...
...long career in the Communist jungle, Tito made plans to repay the courtesy call with his own trip to Moscow within six months. Probable companion on the return visit: Tito's wife, a stunning, black-haired ex-officer in the partisan army, whose silk gowns and jewels wowed Moscow during a previous visit as impressively as Galina's style distracted Belgrade last week...