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...matter. Taken in its entirety, From Bauhaus to Our House builds a compelling case against the whole profession. But don't just take his word for it. Pick up the latest copy of Architectural Record, a slick (six dollars a pop) monthly journal. On page 98, there appears an evaluation of two important architects. The story begins...
...catalogues." He was referring to the arms directories published for prospective buyers by half a dozen national governments. (The U.S., where sales catalogues from Sears to the Whole Earth are practically national icons, has none.) The most elaborate are put out by Britain and France. Both distribute slick omnibus arms compendia, Britain every year since 1969, France biannually since 1967, that the world's wish-listing generals and defense ministers can flip through with the delight of boys at Christmas time. There are no order forms or suggested retail prices. But whether they prefer the grand, gilded and clothbound...
...defense, aside from sophomore linebacker Joe Azelby, who's been outstanding, has been equally unpredictable. The defensive backs, reputedly the league's best, failed to stop Dartmouth's slick sideline outs last week. The defensive line hasn't put that much pressure on opposing passers...
...even the prayers of all those in Amish country could stop the downpour from continuing all day; putts that normally would hang close to the cup instead slipped past it onto the slick greens by three and four feet. Low score for the day on the par 70 course...
...Baby Love uses the roof as an escape route from police. He jumps across a yawning chasm to the next building, then he is down the stairs and away. "We be doin' this when we drunk," says Baby Love with an impish smile. A born hustler, he is slick at pool and dice. He gambles Friday nights in front of BeeGee's candy store with men who feed him chiba chiba, a Puerto Rican expression for an especially potent kind of marijuana, the reefer that zoots...