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Produced in Greek walnut, bronze and leather, Gibbings' collection of 19 pieces, almost totally handcrafted, costs a Pyrrhic $10,000, but Gibbings hopes to mass-produce a complete line in Greece for the more modest buyer. "People are now ready to accept the classical environment in their homes," says Gibbings. "We need to return to the ancient Greek practice of perfecting existing things and not trying to forget them by producing shinier new ones...
...armed forces, head of the police, Minister of Defense and Broadcasting, and Kuwait's unchallenged strongman. Mubarak already owns a Cadillac with brightware completely goldplated, but to celebrate Saud's coming he ordered another 69 Chevrolets, seven Oldsmobiles and seven more Cadillacs. Triumphal arches of solid walnut, festoons of colored lights, flags and bunting were imported to decorate the route from Kuwait airport to the ruler's Dasman Palace. Cost...
...Mercedes-Benz's new 220 SE hardtop coupe with a hand-buffed walnut interior trim, and a 134-h.p. fuel-injection engine. Top speed: 105 m.p.h. Price...
...last week the phrase "Terry Baker" had become the all-purpose good word around the tidy Oregon State campus in Corvallis. An ambidextrous, introspective, gangling sophomore, Terry Baker has a pale pink face, an Adam's apple that dances when he talks like a walnut on a string, a curiously narrow torso and a pair of thick, rock-muscled legs. At 19, Baker is still a growing boy of 6 ft. 3 in.. 195 lbs. Right now he has the most impressive record in college football. Going into last week's game with Stanford, Baker was running...
...Maker Arnold Dolmetsch. In a shop at the rear of his huge, century-old brick house in Detroit, Challis constructs about twelve harpsichords a year (last week he was working on his 230th), grosses $30,000. A Challis harpsichord costs anywhere from $900 to $5,800, is made of walnut and modern materials like Bakelite, aluminum and plastic...