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...drama and poetry. But in the early years of the century he was a Casanova in tails. His seemingly endless list of courtships had begun in his native Poland with a twelve-year-old girl, appropriately named Mania (he was ten at the time). Then came a staggering array of flirtations and affairs...
...several months. That may be an overstatement, but Japanese businessmen and politicians now predict that the trade surplus with the U.S. this year will drop to less than $2.5 billion, from $4.2 billion in 1972. Deliberate government policies to restrain exports and dismantle Japan's once awesome array of protectionist restrictions on foreign goods are obviously having an effect. So, too, is the sharp rise in the value of the yen against the dollar since late 1971, which has made Japanese goods more expensive for Americans and U.S. products cheaper for Japanese...
...panel. In the first two days of hearings, the committee performed impressively. The seven Senators and two staff counsel displayed a commendable capacity to be both considerate of the witnesses and tough on vague answers. Lawyers all and unrestricted by courtroom rules of evidence, the interrogators constitute a fearsome array of antagonists for any witness who might try to sustain any lies. Equally merciless are the TV cameras, which reveal the slightest hesitation in answering or telltale signs of discomfort and deceit...
...stringy black hair looked like a mop that had been left out overnight to dry. The four other members of the band wore white satin. Behind the group tucked away in dark corners of the 8½-ton portable stage or in the wings, was a staggering $150,000 array of props-including an operating table, a 9½-ft mummy with light-up eyes, assorted swords and switchblades...
Tactics. He is also, by his own admission, "probably the greatest defensive player who ever lived." Against Court, who at 5 ft. 9 in. is two inches taller than Riggs, he will stick to the base line and try to keep the leggy Aussie running with his maddening array of precision placements, drop shots and lobs into the sun. "He'll serve like a pitcher in baseball," says Faunce, "using a curve, sinker, screwball, change-up and, when he needs it, the fastball." Adds Riggs: "She is going to see a couple of shots she hasn't seen...