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Fairfield Porter might well go down in history as the preppy painter par excellence. It is a wealthy and confident artist who stands next to his wood-burning stove in his chinos, blue button-down Oxford and knit tie (his work clothes) in the Self-Portrait of 1968. Then there are picnics on the golf course in Lunch Under the Elm Tree, charming portraits of perfectly attired little girls (his daughters), and a relaxing backyard clay court match in dress whites in The Tennis Game of 1972. Even Bruno, the family golden retriever, makes an appearance...
...Navy and Air Force still cannot do anything quite like anyone else; in particular, they are reluctant just to go out and buy something. First, someone has to draw up elaborate "military specifications" (mil-specs) for almost anything that the services buy, be it an aircraft carrier or a wood interdental stimulator (tooth-pick). Twenty-four pages are required to list the specs for T shirts, 15 pages for chewing gum, and 17 for Worcestershire sauce. One result: the Pentagon pays $10 a case for Worcestershire sauce, vs. $8 for a commercial brand...
Just one block away, at Bay Bank's two closed competitors, the mood is far different. Cambridge Trust keeps its all-night ATMsoutside, and Cambridge Savings has none at all. Their lobbies feature wood paneling, a hushed mood, and no television commercial. If Bay Bank is the Stop & Shop of Harvard Square banks these two resemble Cardullo...
...that no member of the royal family or the public has been killed. One reporter has even been known to steal a colleague's photos. Others lay out misleading clues to send teams from rival papers in the wrong direction. Some of this is cheerful lunacy, and Photographer Steve Wood, a legendary Daily Express stalker, says he heard from a footman that "Prince Philip used to make jokes every morning at breakfast about us. The royals spend hours talking about the pranks we pull and the ways they elude us." Indeed, the Queen is said to enjoy the popular paper...
...case, the lady was proving royally elusive. Photographer Steve Wood, who had spotted Koo and Randy Andy, as the press took to calling the Prince, on their flight to Mustique last fall, never got a shot of the pair. He tried from a chartered yacht, tried heroically while water-skiing behind a motor boat, and tried in jungle stakeouts, where, he admitted dolefully, "the police always found me." Some two dozen other journalists in expensively chartered watercraft also flopped...