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...presidential audiences, Herschensohn taps those who have put out the greatest effort. He brings them first to his high-ceilinged chamber in the Executive Office Building. It sets the tone with its elegant blue-gray walls, view of the White House, and medallions, statuettes and busts of Herschensohn's heroes: Nixon (several), Lincoln (two), Churchill, Washington, Moshe Dayan, Beethoven and a miniature Mt. Rushmore. If he can, Herschensohn takes his delegations first to the Cabinet Room. The moment is profound, rising to fortissimo on Nixon's blue and gold oval rug with the woven Presidential Seal...
Dominique Sanda has not been happy with reporters because they write mostly about her sensational body and her long, lithe legs, her enormous blue-gray eyes, her mysterious air and her supposedly wild past. At 21, with six movies behind her, she is not only a star, but already a mother, and she insists that her mind is intent on graver matters. "I'm trying to be a serious actress," she says sternly, "and I hope you will write a serious story. It would be just about the first...
...faultily) in all previous models. The most unreal thing about the SX-70 is its film, which will cost no more than current Polaroid color film (about 45? per picture). Flicking out of the camera only 1.2 sec. after exposure, the pictures at first are a mass of opaque blue-gray, then slowly develop within four minutes in full view of the photographer. Sheathed in unscratchable plastic and backed by a thin coating of titanium, they are dry to the touch even while developing, in welcome contrast to the sticky prints and paper wrappers that have always before been part...
...Honan sees it, his comrade assigned to an engine plant or machine shop is blessed with unimaginable luxury. Not only are wages higher than on the farms, but there are the attractions of city life -cinemas, stores, parks, athletic events -that provide some brightness to China's overall blue-gray drabness...
...joined the strike voted to remain on the job; those that had walked out voted to return to work. Cleveland and Detroit capitulated; Chicago surrendered. Faced with an anti-strike injunction, Henry Zych, 56, president of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, donned his blue-gray mailman's uniform for the first time in nine years and exhorted his men to return to work. Said Zych: "Washington has heard us. We have made our point...