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...their fortunes on cockfights, sang themselves hoarse at prayer meetings, got roaring drunk on grog. They were titillated by Tyler's dalliance with a society beauty, captivated by Morse's telegraph, endlessly amused by politics. Mount and Woodville's art chronicled the times with a warm blend of sentimentality and good humor...
...drugstore racks blossomed with a literary phenomenon: paperback-book magazines-a lively blend of avant-garde fiction and nonfiction, poetry and criticism. In effect, the p.b.m. was a mass-distributed little magazine, a brave effort to sell quality in quantity. Commercially, it soon flopped...
...import French, British and Japanese experts. Another problem is the difficulty of gaining such expertise. A solid scholar on Viet Nam must master the Ciinese language, then Vietnamese, and also be able to handle the anthropology, economics, politics and history of that confusing country. That particular blend of ability and interest has been scarce, and it takes about ten years to train such a scholar.* The war itself, Fairbank notes wryly, should produce some men who are eager to study the area-but by the time they are ready to teach, the whole matter, hopefully, will once again be academic...
Bhutanese tapestries and wall paintings are a blend of Buddhism, Hinduism and Bon, the country's original cult of sorcery and spirit worship. There is little in them to distinguish today from yesterday. Works are not dated; subject matter is part of a continuous tradition handed down from monk to monk, generation to generation. Often the meaning of the centuries-old silk tapestries is obscure. The Mystic Spiral, intended for monastic meditation, is a vision whose precise symbolism is known only to a few learned lamas. To the Western viewer, its concentric circles, drawing him into a dizzying infinity...
Like the garment district itself, Jonathan Logan Inc. (a name coined by David Schwartz, who liked its tone) is a blend of old and new, noise and quiet. Richard Schwartz, a bachelor who studied at Cornell ('60), rides to the hounds and plays chess, gives division managers authority on everything from design to advertising, while he concentrates on finances, futures and foulups. His father, who prefers bridge and gin rummy, has moved up to the largely honorary job of chairman, though he personally runs the pioneer division of the corporation that markets the Jonathan Logan juniors and roams through...