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Caught in a jet-set liftoff, skirts have been rising from a ladylike "just shadows the knee" to the mid-thigh of the London mini. Followers of the high-rise trend have found themselves caught in a profusion of embarrassment just in the simple act of sitting down. "Thighs?" sighed...
The Empire is gone. The pound is going down - and now even skirts seem to be. The Beatles were hooted out of Manila, and the national cricket team is currently getting clobbered by the West Indies. Still, England oscillates. The cause of the excitement is an ugly, 12-in.-high...
The main problem with the late Beethoven quartets is one of scope. These works stretch the expressive potential of the string quartet to the limit. While they are conceived on a scale comparable to that of any of his major orchestral works, they face the tremendous problem of developing within...
Accentuate the Negative. The Richey kids are about as relaxed as any normal, healthy, sibling-rivalry-riven American youngsters. "It's a good thing I came first, or I never would have got any attention," complains Nancy, a freckle-faced introvert who hides her dark hair under sun visors...
In a perceptive commencement address delivered at N.Y.U. last month, Assistant Dean Milton R. Stern noted: "The young seem always to be in the public prints and on TV, but that doesn't mean that they control things. To the extent that young people wearing their hair longer or...