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...energy crisis may cause a permanent change in America's affluent way of life. But a more profound peril - at least in one sober, clear-eyed view - lies elsewhere. "In every crisis Americans have turned to drink," declares Mrs. Fred Tooze, president of the still flourishing, 250,000-member National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the foe of demon rum since 1874. "Liquor dealers admit that since the energy crisis began, the consumption of alcoholic beverages has greatly increased. The need for conserving gasoline may even enhance their 'take,' since people will remain home and drink...
...sacred mysteries of the Catholic faith by manipulating chromatic harmonies which build towards thrilling climaxes. He is grandiose and monumental, as the great baroque churches of Bavaria and Austria are grandiose and monumental. He seeks the feverish ecstasy of the visionary. Brahms, on the other hand, is a more sober, conservative writer, working from a close, personal religion, and with a style virtually baptized in a Protestant ethic of thorough, conscientious hard work. He is warm but never extravagant...
...will have to show progress toward achieving the return of Egypt's territories. Reopening the Suez Canal would be a vital first step in increasing his personal stature. A strong Sadat, many Egyptians believe, is Israel's best assurance of a politically guaranteed peace. "We are sober and collected. We are not hysterical but we cannot return to a frozen situation. We cannot play hide-and-seek any longer," says Ghorbal. "We must go to peace or all will go to pieces...
...Sober Suit. Miró has "done" tapestries in the past; that is, he made small paintings, and tapestry makers in Aubusson or Gobelins reproduced them. "That does not interest me any more," says Miró. With Royo, he is in at the start. For his part, Royo is pleased and amazed: "We both work from 7 in the morning until 1 o'clock, then from 3 to 8 or 9 at night. I'm often exhausted, but he never seems to get tired...
Small as a gnome, now white-haired, Miró lives and looks, or tries to look, like a conventional bourgeois (even in his Paris days when his friends were Picasso and the wilder Dadaists, he was always the one in the sober suit and tie). He is in search of no publicity at all; he has more commissions than he can handle, more monographs on his work than he can count, more requests for interviews than he cares to consider...