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...weeks before John Connally was sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury last February, he threw a big wingding at his ranch in Floresville, Texas. Under a striped tent the guests dined on succulent barbecued ribs and homemade ice cream. Their host, glowing and happy, exclaimed: "You know, this is a damn good life...
...hand-picked lot though they are.* Will Agnew make another gaffe like adversely comparing American black leaders to African dictators? Will he praise the Greek ruling junta as a force for law-and-order? Will he do nothing in Iran but play golf-or worse, just sit in his tent, as he often used to sit in his hotel room in Seoul...
Horsecarts and Hypocrites. In fact, the fair offered politics as well as pommes frites. Hulking busts of Lenin sold for $4.50. There was a 15-hour marathon in the central committee tent where party leaders held political discussions with all comers. A horse-drawn street theater had a cart full of guillotine-bound "Communards" hurling defiance at costumed cavalrymen; the purpose was to commemorate the 1871 Paris Commune, which controlled the city for 71 days before its primitive brand of Communism was crushed by troops...
...that the world was too much to cope with. Accordingly, Brian quit public life. Though he continued to make recordings (including the cleverly innovative Pet Sounds), he sometimes would not come out of his Bel Air house for six months at a stretch. Among other things, he erected a tent that filled his living room (for top-secret Beach Boy pow-wows), and covered the floor of his dining room with a huge sandbox...
When Henry Fonda threw a party some months back to celebrate the opening of his ABC television series (The Smith Family), he served all-American fare: hot dogs, sauerkraut and potato salad. "They no longer tent the whole damned yard," says Ronny Clint, manager of Chasen's, whose catering business is off 30% from last year. Says Chuck Pick, one of Hollywood's professional car parkers, "I used to do theatrical parties two or three times a week. Now, if it weren't for doctors, lawyers and businessmen, I'd be out of business...