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Essential Alternative. Indeed, the gap between Romney and Republicans who have been militantly pro-war is narrowing. The G.O.P. attitude in Congress, says one leader, is "in transition" toward a softer stance on the conflict. There is talk of reminding the electorate next year that Democrats controlled the White House when the U.S. entered each of its last four wars. Because the G.O.P. until now has been more staunch in its support of the Administration's Viet Nam policy than the Democrats, some Republicans fear political damage if progress in Viet Nam continues to be slow. Kentucky Senator Thruston...
What fascinates Paris buyers is that he has managed to remain Courreges while softening his line. Softer generally meant sexier. One bountiful mannequin almost frugged herself out of a sheer organdy miniskirt that was hitched by a strap in front to a little bolero top, cut short enough to expose the under-slope of her bosom. The gentlest touch of all: big imitation posies that were strewn over his pants, dresses, socks and, as an afterthought, incorporated into his models' hairdos. "I got up early this morning and started cutting out those flowers for the hair," said the usually...
After the Wilde-Douglas episode, Beardsley gradually made a comeback, but his career and life were tottering toward an end. He still drew by candlelight in a darkened room, working furiously because he knew that he was doomed by his lungs. He moved from London to the softer climate of Dieppe and finally to the French Riviera. His sister had become a Roman Catholic, and Beardsley, in terror of death, soon followed. In a last letter, written in "my death agony," he begged his publisher to destroy all his "obscene drawings," particularly his series on Lysistrata, but the letter...
Some 310 million leaflets will shower enemy areas, more than 1,000 for every Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldier. The theme of this year's campaign is aimed at the enemy's softer instincts, and is embodied in the official Tet poster of maidens carrying bouquets of apricot flowers. One local leaflet elaborates on the theme by tying it to Operation Cedar Falls, which razed V.C. farms and granaries in the Iron Triangle last month. "Are your rations scarce?" it asks. "Three hundred of you have rallied, and they are now where they can be well...
...Attica, the softer charms of the nymph who plays the nymph...