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...with soft turf and a specially constructed water sprinkling system. Buckets of bugs were carried away, and the entire site was sprayed with DDT. Into the Queen's two-bedroom tent went a white-lacquered zinc bathtub, hot-water plumbing, and a flush toilet-equipped with a red velvet seat cover for comfort in the early-morning chill. An airstrip was constructed; access roads from Katmandu, 160 miles away, were widened and improved. In high grass four miles from camp, workmen set up a "hunting ring," surrounded by a 5-ft. fence of white cloth and stocked with...
Like many a well-dressed political boss, New York's Carmine De Sapio wears a velvet glove over his hard fist: his public utterances are usually soothing; he rarely shows irritation or displeasure. But last week De Sapio, sore beset by the so-called reform insurgents, who seek to unseat him as New York Democratic national committeeman and leader of Tammany Hall, struck out at his tormentors. In this year's New York City mayoralty campaign, De Sapio promised, his regular Democrats will "oppose and oust these self-styled leaders who seek to rule or ruin the party...
Pinza Appeal. As for Tenor Corelli, he came onstage dressed in the velvet tunic and tights that display his most famous asset: the legs that have earned him the Milan nickname of "Golden Calves" ("I just love Franco," says Leontyne Price. "He has such gorgeous legs"). Moreover, the golden calves support a 6 ft. 2 in., 180-lb. frame and a classically handsome head that qualify Corelli as the best-looking hunk of tenor now singing.* In his Met debut he demonstrated that he also has a voice. Somewhat tight at the beginning of the evening, it loosened...
...brilliance, offer to any passer-by probably the tawdriest and most expansive display of nude female flesh the world has seen since the passing of the Babylonian slave market. Prostitutes prowl its sidewalks; vendors of "feelthy movies" pluck at every passing sleeve. Martini's kingdom ranged from the velvet-lined, expensive Shéhérazade to the Moulin Rouge, mecca of U.S. tourists. Up for grabs are such deviate haunts as Madame Arthur's, where a pretty girl is whipped nightly onstage, the Carrousel, with its all boy chorus line, and the Drap d Or, which...
...Dapper, velvet-eyed Jimmy has a thin mustache, an addiction to black brocade vests, gold signet rings, gold tie clasps with coronet, and he sometimes swaggers about in a blue cape and monocle. He once pursued a U.S. heiress all the way to Ardmore, Okla., assuring her that he was the "Duke of Imperial." Actually, though his two brothers have titles, Jimmy has none. Leaving Oklahoma behind, Jimmy paused long enough to marry Mexican Movie Actress Rosita Arenas, but they are now separated. According to a Madrid newspaper, Jimmy sold all Rosita's jewelry, including her eight-carat engagement...