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This labor was a wedding present for the duchess. At the age of 13, Catherine was married to the neighboring Arnold, Duke of Guelders. In time, she became vain, violent and overweening. Eventually, with her son, she conspired against her husband. But though the manuscript illuminations speak toward a more secular age, they apply medieval alchemy to make gentle nature glitter with lasting fire. The Cleves master was shrewd but also sensitive, and his work can stir souls. Perhaps Catherine herself was the only one not mindful enough of her Book of Hours...
...mass society; they want to be different." Different they are. In Italy, mindless young things don their party best and spark the fun at a swank resort by butchering a pig. "Will they do it again?" asks the narrator with elaborate seriousness. "If so, then the pig died in vain." In Switzerland, mixed nude skiing ap pears to be the latest kick. France has orgiastic "happenings," a homosexual nightclub, and parachutists with a marked proclivity for drunkenness and rape. German and Dutch students pre fer sadism. England's youth, except for a bully gang of Glasgow girls picketing against...
...tasteless that even thrill seekers will find it boring. Its net effect is to make an audience stop wondering about today's youth and start wondering about the grown men who make such movies. Perhaps this entry will be the last. If not, the pig died in vain...
...even find anyone from the Stanleyville regime with whom to negotiate. Meantime, both Washington and Brussels had put out an all-fronts alarm. Working through Arab and African nations, they piled diplomatic pressure on the Gbenye regime to release the hostages. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant appealed in vain for a mercy mission to Stanleyville. The Belgian government got Premier Moise Tshombe to offer the rebels a halfhearted amnesty...
Since Oct. 1, when the dissident group demanded the ouster of Curtis President Matthew J. Culligan, the board has met at least half a dozen times in a vain search for a comprehensive solution to the company's problems. The rebel leaders, Editor in Chief Clay Blair Jr. and Marvin D. Kantor, head of the magazine division, were first suspended, then fired. Both stayed on Curtis' board-and last week both brought suit against Curtis for the unpaid balance of their contracts, which have two more years to run. The suit is directed against Curtis, the First National...