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...separate dining-room house formerly could have as little as 450 sq. ft. exclusive of bath; now it must have 500 sq. ft. Storage space for a two-bedroom unit could total as little as 250 cu. ft., now must total 350 cu. ft. Hallways, once unspecified as to width, now must be at least 3 ft. from wall to wall. Equipment must be better. The hot-water heater that formerly developed chilblains almost as soon as the deed was signed now must have a prorated guarantee for five years...
...occasional attempts to introduce visual fire to her performances, she inclines to what one critic called "the battering-ram approach." This was noticeable again in her Chicago Butterfly, in which, after committing suicide, she flung the knife resoundingly to the floor and died somewhat grotesquely, crawling the width of the stage in response to Pinkerton's thrice-called "Butterfly!" But her real failing, say her harshest critics, is not one of stagecraft but of emotional involvement. While some observers recall her on the verge of tears after a performance of Butterfly, others remember her picking herself up after...
Velcro is not only jamless and washable, but can be manufactured in any width or color. This fall Velcro fasteners will appear on everything from women's mink sweater collars to men's slacks...
...true, seem to regard the crisis as the next-to-last straw. Thunders Editor Pierre Brisson in Figaro: "It is no longer a Parliament, but a monstrous jamming enterprise. The conclusion is to reform or disappear. The margin for the Assembly is only a thread's width." But, unhappily for M. Brisson, his readers can remember that only two days ago a Figaro photographer, sent out to photograph Reneé Pleven at his hour of decision, found a more interesting subject in a game of boules being played by a group of taxi drivers, and that his picture made...
...designer John Beck has managed to conquer the problems of the tiny stage satisfactorily, giving an illusion of depth and width. Peter Salisbury provides his usual excellent lighting job with suitably magical effects at the first act incantation scene...