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...Shriver noted the definite place for liberal arts students in the peace corps despite the President's request for technically skilled people. Considering the low level of education of many African teachers, Shriver said that any American graduate with a knowledge of teaching methods would obviously be "a great asset" to any African school...
...which a legion of first-rate artists belong. "John Canaday," said Realist Edward Hopper in a letter to the Times this week, "is the best and most outspoken art critic the Times has ever had." Added Sculptor William Zorach in another letter: "He is an outspoken and healthy asset to the art world...
...novel traces the rise to power and prominence of Cas Hauser--an amoral, homosexual, and nearsighted young man on his way up. His first decision is to be married, for he senses that a beautiful young woman who is willing to seduce his professors may be a social asset. He courts and wins Aelia Crispus--the dark-haired, olive skinned, ruby lipped, full breasted, and phi beta kappa-ed Biochemistry major at Radcliffe. And to Cas's grateful surprise, he courts and wins her without ever even having to kiss...
Pinza Appeal. As for Tenor Corelli, he came onstage dressed in the velvet tunic and tights that display his most famous asset: the legs that have earned him the Milan nickname of "Golden Calves" ("I just love Franco," says Leontyne Price. "He has such gorgeous legs"). Moreover, the golden calves support a 6 ft. 2 in., 180-lb. frame and a classically handsome head that qualify Corelli as the best-looking hunk of tenor now singing.* In his Met debut he demonstrated that he also has a voice. Somewhat tight at the beginning of the evening, it loosened...
...Florence, 69, New York-born Texas banker and philanthropist who started in banking on the ground floor (as a sweeper), became president of the South's biggest bank (Dallas' Republic National) at 37, and was one of the first to recognize that below-ground oil was an asset fluid enough to lend vast sums on, thereby freeing other funds for exploration and production; of infectious hepatitis; in Dallas...