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GREAT TAPESTRIES, edited by Joseph Jobe. 278 pages. Edita, S.A. $22.50. In medieval times, tapestries were functional: they hid the bleak stone expanses of chateau walls, and their woolen thickness helped keep out the cold. But utility can lead to art, and the art of weaving came to its finest flower in the textured murals that are sumptuously spread through these pages with such fidelity that the beholder wants to touch them. The book's first three sections explore the history of tapestry weaving, a history still being written by those-among them...
...Seven-Year Plan (1959-1965). The volume of industrial production increased 84% instead of 80% as planned. The average annual rate of industrial growth was 9.1%, more than double that of the U.S. The Soviet Union holds first place in the world for production of granulated sugar, butter, woolen fabrics, metal-cutting machines, iron ore, coke, cement, reinforced concrete and timber. Obviously, the present changes were not caused by the painful sputter of the Soviet economic engine. Nor have the Communists seen advantages in capitalist methods. The reform means the transition to policy that conforms to the Soviet Union...
...several stores, she picked the May Co. partly because Morton May, like herself, is a third-generation merchant. The May Co. was founded in 1877 in boom town Leadville, Colo., by Grandfather David May, who turned from unsuccessful silver prospecting to selling other miners their overalls and red woolen underwear. Spreading east and west as far as Washington and Los Angeles, the store has traditionally allowed local managers broad autonomy. Mrs. Auerbach will join May's board, continue to run her own store until she retires, calling on May's central buying office only when she wants...
...short of technical perfection. This is more than compensated for by the zest and understanding that went into their execution; before too long, Money knew the choreography as well as the dancers. His scenes of the company in the studio, the ballerinas in practice leotards and the heavy, woolen leggings worn for warmth, have a special charm. One can quarrel, however, with Money's emphasis. His camera lingers all too often on the figure of Christopher Gable, still only a rising star in ballet's firmament, and not often enough on the established brilliance of Nureyev and Fonteyn...
Outraged Competitors. Myer's has 50-odd subsidiaries, including car parks, garages, furniture and woolen mills and shopping centers, but it has grown and prospered because of its over-the-counter rapport with the Australian shopper. Most of its 19,500 employees attend training school, learn to address customers by name when possible instead of by the formal "sir" or "madam." Myer's departments compete with each other to bring the customers bargains, and its basement frequently carries the same merchandise as upstairs at lower prices. When merchandise does not move on a strict timetable, Myer...