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...LIVING WORLD OF AUDUBON by Roland C. Clement. 272 pages. Grosset & Dunlap. $25. Excellent reproductions of 64 of John James Audubon's splendid 19th century engravings of birds juxtaposed against equally splendid 20th century photographs of the same owls, thrushes, hummingbirds and eagles. The fascinating and informative experiment raises the question of which is better: the 120-year-old engraved image or the sophisticated, modern stop-action photo? In making a decision, the reader is likely to pay homage to Audubon...
...regret is that I may have caused pain to the splendid Lady Churchill," he said, adding generously, "Had we a greatly corrupted great man like Churchill, I would come back and live in Britain, pay taxes and if necessary, sweep the streets." ∎ "These days nobody expects Miss World to be a blue-eyed virgin," said Julia Morley of the British organization, Mecca Ltd., that runs the annual contest. She should know. Last year's Miss World, Marjorie Wallace of Indiana, was dethroned by Mecca after 14 weeks because her busy love life was grabbing the headlines. This year...
...When we find the people we want, other people have found them," he said. "The people you want have a good many splendid opportunities open to them...
...being given a splendid revival in Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum Theater, with Walter Matthau in the role of the vainglorious Captain Boyle, Jack Lemmon as his bar "butty" Joxer, and Maureen Stapleton as his earth mother wife Juno. How did this particular production come about? Matthau and Lemmon had wanted to do the play for some tune, preferably with Stapleton. They approached Gordon Davidson, the energetic artistic director of the Mark Taper, and gave him a commitment for a five-week limited run, which was sold out by opening night...
...Troisgros's Restaurant des Frères Troisgros in Roanne, 240 miles southeast of Paris, became a shrine for gourmets who came to sample his food and prejudices. "From 35 to 45, women are old," Troisgros once said. "Then the devil takes over and they're beautiful, splendid, maternal, proud ... When I see them my mouth waters...