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...rejected; in any event, he is likely to suffer from not being wanted for himself. In other families, says Stephens, a father may try so hard to "keep a stiff upper lip, because it's the British thing to do," that he shows his wife little warmth, and the marriage itself breaks down. The grief over the loss of a child is universal and inevitable. But Stephens insists that the consequences...
...Bubble in Montreal and scores of other geodesic domes stand as monuments to Mr. Fuller's well-rounded genius [March 1]. However, I cannot accept the proposal that "dome-iciles" are the answer to the global need for low-cost housing. When a designer cannot economically achieve warmth, friendliness and informality with square walls, I hardly think it appropriate to blame the walls. Your photographs illustrate how cold and uninviting a dome can be on the interior and how the exterior can be made to resemble a piece of discarded orange peel...
...aloofness Tricia commands a ready reservoir of warmth and charm when she chooses: many apolitical viewers thought her televised tour of the White House last May outdid Jackie Kennedy's celebrated 1962 performance. But, as one friend explains, "Tricia is a private person living her private life the way she wants." Her romance with Cox remained secret for a long time because she always flies by military jet. So they were able to spend nearly every weekend together in assorted family homes and those of friends-un-tracked. Between weekends, Eddie telephoned every day, "sometimes twice, three times...
Richard Nixon's arrival in the White House was welcomed with particular warmth in Taipei. After all, the former Vice President was well known as a vigorous antiCommunist, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek naturally expected him to continue Washington's longstanding policy of isolating the Red government on China's mainland. Of late, however, the warmth has turned to deep dismay over the Nixon Administration's increasingly friendly gestures toward the mainland government...
...perhaps most striking of the collaborators is photographer Gordon Willis. His lighting captures the muffled diffusion of city sun, the dank swank of a resort ballroom, the verdant warmth of a mid-afternoon in the park. Last year his talent was used only to dress up the dross of End of the Road -a film which burst apart by emphasizing the presence of violence, and not its causes; here he contributes to the success of a minor masterpiece which takes a very cool, bitterly funny look at some very harsh truths...