Word: suppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from Balmoral, the effect would be roughly the same. In Japan, of course, anything collected by the Emperor or his ancestors is of immediate interest, since he is (or was until the U.S. occupation) a god. Nevertheless, it is rare to encounter an object as preposterous in its Last-Supper-carved-on-a-peachstone virtuosity as the dancer in full samurai armor chiseled by Unno Shōmin, a late19th century court artist. It is less a sculpture than a mantelpiece ornament...
...shining star in this institution's galaxie--Famed Actor Visits Rhinelander Campground (I'm getting to the point). Noted television actor James Whitmore spent last night at Franz and Irma's Camp Park (all bars, and there are many in Wisconsin, are like this, Dick and Judy's Supper Club, Fritz and Jean's Keyboard Lounge). The star was spotted on the street by several Rhinelander residents almost immediately, and they reported it to this newspaper, which gained an exclusive interview. The who-what-when-where continued: Whitmore had been on a fishing trip with his wife and two teenage...
...usual hurried stops for sightseeing and picture taking. In the evening the juggernaut pulls into a camping ground or stops at a village fountain, and the action shifts to the 40-ft. trailer hitched to the rear. It becomes an outdoor kitchen, dining area, dressing room and dormitory. After supper the tourists repair to the sleeping quarters: a morguelike arrangement of 3-ft-wide bunks stacked three high and 13 across, each with a single window for ventilation...
...passengers go without bathing. Each morning after breakfasting and making their beds, they resume their seats in the bus for another ten hours on the road. Only two meals a day are included: tea or coffee, bread, butter and jam for breakfast and "quality German cooking"-all canned-for supper. Passengers must use the same sheets for the duration of the trip and, on journeys through remote areas, be prepared-as a German woman put it-to "sleep in our own dirt." One tall tourist found the beds so cramped that he had to sleep with his legs sticking...
Butter Cutter. Meanwhile, they gross between $30,000 and $50,000 a concert, have an eight-week contract with the Las Vegas Hilton and spend lucrative summer weeks playing theaters and supper clubs. Last fall Gladys, now 31, married her second husband, Barry Hankerson, an executive assistant to Detroit Mayor Coleman Young. He calls her by her middle name, Maria-Gladys, after all, is a show business celebrity. In the industry there is some gossip that success has already created a wedge in the Pips' solidarity. "When vocal groups are hungry, you can't split 'em with...