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At the opposite extreme is the school system in Newton, reorganized across the nation as a superior educational plant. Here, the school board is composed of representative figures in education, industry, finance, and domesticity who argue disputes at an intellectual level, and are interested solely in the welfare of the...
Doe-eyed, wistful Princess Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari, 25, divorced wife of Iran's Shah, arrived in Manhattan aboard the liner Constitution, hoping for privacy, found instead some 125 press and TV reporters at dockside to welcome her. With eager local newsmen breathlessly reporting every other step, the shapely princess...
At the time, Contralto Bergen got only modest praise for her portrayal of the tragic, wistful singer who epitomized a whole era's image of gently fallen women. But it marked the welcome end of the Pepsi-Cola girl. A shapely brunette with startlingly wide-set eyes of sky...
Great Ideas of Western Mann (Herbie Mann's Californians; Riverside). Flutist Mann abandons his favorite instrument for one of the least likely of solo instruments-the bass clarinet. The fudge-thick sound has a wistful, funky charm, but often Soloist Mann evokes a fat man in a conga line...
The Amorous Electric Chair. Though he wore his cynicism on his sleeve, Critic Nathan was nonetheless a deep-dyed romantic. Said he: "Life, as I see it, is for the fortunate few-life with all its Chinese lanterns, lovely tunes and gay sadness." He doted on good food, elegant restaurants...