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...presence of Communism in Hanoi, few propaganda banners festoon the streets, and soldiers in battle dress are rarely encountered. Buddhism flourishes: Marxist reservations notwithstanding, men still don the saffron robes of priesthood for a time and rise before dawn to walk through the morning mist in search of alms. Well-off Laotians may apply for exit visas and generally receive them. Items such as enamel spray paint, light bulbs and vitamins, all unavailable in Hanoi, are in plentiful supply. "Sure, the market is full of clothes and medicine," laughs Luang Prabang Merchant Chan Manee. "This isn't Viet...
...throughout his 36 years, the 4'11" Reich has gotten what he wanted. After growing up in a well-off section of upstate New York with Republican parents, he attended Dartmouth where he directed the student government and organized anti-war protests. A summer intern for Robert Kennedy, Reich took over regional student recruiting for Eugene McCarthy's ill-fated campaign after Kennedy was shot. Reich emphasizes, however, that his campaign knowledge is very limited, and he does not intend to get involved beyond a small amount of issue advising to the present candidates. He likes playing the field...
Constable was a painter of substance, not fantasy; but imagination rises through the substance. His earliest childhood memories, the elements of his genetic code as a painter, were all about the weight and noise and feel of things he grew up with as a well-off son of a watermill owner in Suffolk, on the River Stour. "The sound of water escaping from Mill dams . . . willows, Old rotten Banks, slimy posts, and brickwork. I love such things," he wrote to a friend. "They made me a painter (and I am grateful) . . . I had often thought of pictures of them before...
...survey, sponsored by the American Council of Education, compared freshman in 1983 with their counterparts on college campuses in 1967. Of students this year, 70 percent considered "being very well-off financially very important." Fewer than 50 percent felt the same...
...theory. Certain top-of-the-market cosmetics lines have continued to do well in the current slump, including Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden and the Cosmair lines of Lancome, Guy Laroche and L'Oreal. The affluent customers for those products have remained affluent through the recession, and even less well-off women have splurged occasionally to give themselves a psychic lift...