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...impact on so many lives of young Jay Follet's sudden death in an automobile accident. The immediate, wrenching impact, above all on Jay's pregnant wife, gives the play its most powerful scene, an emotional climax from which the rest of the play moves downward. Jay's death not only reveals character, it challenges and shakes it. Secret human doors suddenly fly open, and inconsistency occasionally raises its honest face...
...cover illustration showing Khrushchev leading his gang: Khrush (and the others) aren't wearing their golf caps in the approved style for gangsters -namely: visor of cap drawn down over one eye, snap button undone from its catch, and bag top of cap pulled hard backward, sideward, and downward over one ear-all indicating that the wearer is as tough as tar and twice as nasty...
...sales fell about 1% from August, hovering only 1% above strike-ridden September of 1959. For the second month in a row, U.S. industrial production slipped in September, falling a point to a 1960 low of 107 of the 1957-based index; the August decline, in turn, was revised downward to two points instead of the one point previously estimated. Thus, the three-point drop in two months was almost as sharp as monthly changes during the early stages of the last recession in 1957-58. Reflecting the uneven pace of the U.S. economy, there were declines in the output...
...Japanese ladies were urged to pull themselves together and "not be too shy." They were implored "not to giggle with a hand over their mouths, hang their heads and look downward without answering." This practice is considered a delicate expression of maidenly modesty by the Japanese, but a Westerner might "suspect he is being teased." Finally, "a lady should always be careful to keep her knees together when sitting. A lady should never squat...
...Jones industrials, and new incorporations. The index has often forecast downturns in the past. If an equal number of the eight indicators are rising or falling, the index stands at 50; if more fall than rise, the index dips proportionately below 50. In June the index turned sharply downward, fell well below 50. The bureau's experts are still not saying "recession"-not until all the leading indicators are going down and the index hits zero (see chart...