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...expert horseman and huntsman, Edward learned to fly, to surf-and to swing, which in those days was called belonging to the "gay" set. In the whirling world of the '20s, whatever the prince wore became instant fashion: he popularized plus fours, decorative woolen sweaters, midnight blue tailcoats, tartan jackets and oversized knots in neckties. Aged 41 when he became king, he had long been the most eligible British bachelor since King Arthur. A near-worshiping public chanted the popular song: "I know a girl who knows a girl who danced with the Prince of Wales...
Another grass substitute is 3M Co.'s Tartan, which has been installed on half a dozen race tracks, from Florida's Tropical Park to Ontario's Windsor Raceway. Tartan has been adopted by the University of Alabama, San Jose State and U.C.L.A. for outdoor track meets. Says Alabama Coach Carney Laslie: "The track is faster-we've broken practically every record...
...know anything about what is supposed to be 'the real me.' I guess that's why I'm an actress-a chameleon on a tartan." With that translucent self-appraisal, Rosemary Harris avoids direct comment on the fact that most theater people consider her the most talented actress on the U.S. stage today. Besides, she adds, "it's bad form to talk about one's art. I just like to pin mine to a wall and watch it bleed...
...election, there was not just one issue; Duncan had other things going for him. A vibrant, crew-cut lawyer, he has put himself over as a colorful, forceful fellow during his two terms in Congress. A former seaman, he still enjoys a pinch of chewing tobacco, proudly wears Duncan tartan ties. He often reminds himself of appointments by jotting notations on the palm of his hand ("If I write myself notes, I lose them"), keeps on scrawling right up his arm when his schedule gets really busy. Morgan, a wealthy cattle rancher and construction executive who was a Kennedy appointee...
Doing the Mekes. Producer of the tattoo* is retired Brigadier Alasdair MacLean of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, who still wears his tartan trews and Glengarry cap, clings to his silver-topped swagger stick ("I'm sort of superstitious about the damned thing"). As reinforcements for his North American campaign, MacLean has added 18 feather-footed British Columbia Highland Lassies (all daughters of Canadian servicemen) and for Manhattan, 57 Fiji islanders, representing more than one-third of the crown colony's present army. Mostly muscular six-footers as tall as their names (like Lance Corporal...