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...theme that he set off was the imagery of the terrestrial paradise, which he changed into a thoroughly erotic Eden: the island of Cythera, sacred to Aphrodite. It was from this delectable abode of profane love that the 18th century painters of the féte champétre drew their inspiration. Rubens' outdoor courts of pagan love became Watteau's exquisite assemblies of lovers and Pierrots, at dusk, beside the Mozartian stone statue. This vision of a society of the elect united by love (which is equally the root of the paradise myth) continued through Watteau...
...remarkable good humor and even enjoyment of the streaking phenomenon manifested by school authorities, lawmen and the public.With few exceptions, hardly a bluenose is out of joint. Indeed, the only groups that streaking really threatens are nudists and Peeping Toms-it deprives both of their raison d'étre. More ponderous analyses are already droning forth: the sexual revolution is responsible; folks are simply grateful that students are no longer rioting or building bombs. But the best explanation may be as simple as the relief afforded by a good belly laugh. What do you say to a naked everybody...
...green straw hat. After presenting the $350,000 they had raised for earthquake relief for Nicaragua to the Pan American Development Foundation in Washington, Rolling Stone Mick Jogger and his look-alike Nicaraguan wife Bianco decided to try the exclusive Sans Souci restaurant. Paul DeLisle, the maître d'hôtel, was not impressed. "No reservation; no tie," he said, turning them away...
...James Swanson, 31, a native of Brownsville, Texas, is better known to the Vietnamese in his new home of Ben Tre as "Ong Tom" (Mr. Shrimp). He is determined to make himself a wealthy man by selling that tasty commodity...
Swanson saw Ben Tre first as an infantryman, nine months after the Tet offensive. The town had been partially destroyed, as an American major so memorably remarked, "in order to save it." Swanson returned for a second Viet Nam tour as an adviser in 1970 and dreamed up the idea of buying shrimp from Delta fishermen and reselling it in the lucrative Saigon market. After his discharge in July 1972, he put up $3,000 of his own money, talked $20,000 out of four Vietnamese partners, and went into business. Swanson expects a profit margin...