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Sir: I maintain that it is the tall man who is a victim of discrimination [Oct. 4]. Standing 6 ft. 3¼ in. tall, I shudder whenever I enter a clothing store and the oft repeated apology rings in my ears: "Sorry, but you tall guys are less than 10...
Elsewhere, dollar-carrying travelers can find few bargains. To protect themselves in this period of the floating dollar, U.S. travelers are stocking up cash and traveler's checks in pounds sterling, German marks, Swiss francs-anything but dollars-before they go abroad. Once arrived, they find that even a...
Although Madame lived in a 36-room Park Avenue apartment, she would try to save money by prowling her company's offices, flicking off lights. Her secretary would be dispatched to stocking sales at Bloomingdale's basement. Madame bought jewelry and art in huge quantities; she wound up...
Many residents of large cities afflicted by increasingly frequent blackouts are busily stocking candles in anticipation of summer power failures. But there are less practical reasons for the candle resurgence. "It's the Love Story factor," says Bob Scaringi, owner of Manhattan's newly opened Bailiwick candle shop...
And why not television specials? King, whose conception of success before Montgomery was that of the insular notoriety of the well-respected minister of a silk-stocking church, discerned within the Zeitgeist the possibility of transcending this notion of success. This idea of becoming a national figure must have played...