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...Smoking. Chaplin has much more than his swarm of kids to keep him busy...
...claims that he is "very bourgeois" and "not at all avant-garde." Last week Audiberti was in seclusion at a country house 60 miles outside Paris after one of his plays had shocked old-line Paris society down to the roots of its coiffed blue hair-and set a swarm of reporters on his heels...
...Deviation. When Volvo built its first auto in 1927, its engineers were so inexperienced in the field that the car bolted backward when thrown into first gear. Today, however, Volvo factories swarm with lynx-eyed inspectors so uncompromising that suppliers are apt to find entire shipments of parts rejected for a minor deviation that many auto companies would let pass. Such rigid adherence to standards comes straight from Volvo's incisive Managing Director Gunnar Engellau, 55, who coldly compels his top executives to reduce their weight whenever they deviate from his specifications for the ideal male figure. Since Engellau...
...between Orestes and Zeus. Zeus attempts to convince the hero to alone for his crimes, and though Electra is convinced of her guilt, Orestes resists. He silences the mob of towns-folk, tells them that he takes upon himself their sins, and, like the pied piper, leads the buzzing swarm of flies from the town...
...President Jānio Quadros, 45, whose petulant resignation seven months ago plunged Brazil into chaos, disillusion and disrepair. He came home in triumph. When the Ruys docked, Jānio, tanned, a bit flushed, and about 10 lbs. heavier than when he sailed away last August, walked into a swarm of 10,000 almost fanatic fans...