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McDarrah claims his talent pool now includes just about all the hipsters in Manhattan except the Kerouac-Corso-Ginsberg sort, who are already approaching their first million and don't need the bread. This week he is planning to supply two beats-one cat, one chick-for a birthday party given by a Madison Avenue adwoman for a fashion photographer...
Reston has no compelling outside interests-except those that affect his work. "Mr. Reston," says Mr. Krock, "is not exactly what you would call a cultivated man." Reston says he has not read a novel in 20 years-but he has read practically every nonfiction work that he thought would be valuable in improving the way he does his job. This self-education has helped make Reston a reporter who can write well on almost any subject from the public appeal of Elvis Presley to the pitfalls of relating contemporary America to the decline of Rome. Says Managing Editor Catledge...
Main disadvantage of the moon-relay system is that it cannot be used except when the moon is above the horizon at both the sending and the receiving stations. In the case of Annapolis and Hawaii-4,850 miles apart-this time, depending on the orbital position of the moon, is sometimes as little as five hours a day, and not more than...
...sets by Horace Armistead were only acceptable-broad flights of steps climbing to looming, grey prison walls inset with barred gates and slit windows. The effect was foursquare, or perhaps just square, except for one good touch: a huge grid of prison bars spanned the stage and rose slowly as the light came up on the liberation scene. But the rest of Director Herbert Grof's production was dull and conventional. As Leonore, the faithful wife, Norwegian Soprano Aase Nordmo Loevberg showed neither the vocal nor the dramatic power her taxing role demanded. In minor roles, Soprano Laurel Hurley...
...Rome, including temporary residents and tourists, must wear cassocks and round-brimmed hats, a provision that until now has not affected priests in Rome from many countries, including the U.S. and Mexico. They are forbidden to smoke in public or attend movies, sports events, or any public spectacles except those specifically approved by the church...