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...tempted to say the old meetings were lovely," H. Stuart Hughes, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, said in June. "They had the air of a gentleman's club, whereas now it's more like a parliament...
...best. Having established himself as a splendid standin, Thomas was asked to fly to London on short notice in May to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra. He was brilliant, especially in Stravinsky's Huxley Variations, a fiercely difficult musical mosaic that he seamed together with high craftsmanship. Said Stuart Knussen, principal double bass and board chairman of the cooperatively run orchestra, "He is one of those unique complete musicians who seem to appear, if at all, in America. We don't have them in England...
...autocratic. The wives of political figures became favorite targets. A photograph of Mrs. Hubert Humphrey was captioned "That little old dressmaker is at it again." A simple dress and jacket worn by Mrs. Stuart Symington became "another one of those 'dumb' costumes." Society and show business regularly get theirs in WWD too. Just last week, Fairchild ordered up a layout on women who "become walking billboards for all the latest status symbols" and "allow fashion to wear them." He even gave them their own initials, FV (Fashion Victims). The caption for FV Barbra Streisand, shown in the transparent Scaasi costume...
...lawyers, salesmen and politicians should know, persuasion is an art. What they probably do not know is that varying the distance between the speaker and his target may affect the persuader's success. Within limits, report Psychologists Stuart Albert and James M. Dabbs Jr., the more distance there is the likelier the argument is to succeed...
...responsible for a new Gould movie, Little Murders. "Out of this shift came the possibility of careers for the likes of Gould, Alan Arkin and Dustin Hoffman. What really happened is that Hollywood is trying to update its mythology, and these are the stars of the new mythology." Mel Stuart, who directed Gould in the soon-to-be-released I Love My Wife, puts it another way: "Gone is the superego, the allure, the inserting of a personal quality above the role." All very true, yet it is the sense of identification with Gould the man that makes...