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Some of the faithful will have to be content with the catalog, which was published last week. It is a thick paragon of low-intensity salesmanship: plain cream cover, small gray type, no objet d'art staring from it--which is only proper, since what Sotheby's is selling is spiritual contact. Some 100,000 copies are available, at $90 (hardback) and $45 (soft). This print run will probably take care of the cost of the color plates, which are many and which reproduce such treasures as Lot 924, "A Set of Six French Stoneware Butter Pots, Modern," estimate...
...didn't have the temperament for the sensuousness Poussin put in his classical scenes; Corot's nymphs are just studio models. In Bacchante with a Panther, 1860, the girl teasing the big cat with what appears to be a dead starling looks like Mlle. Goosepimple, thanks to the gray French skies above and the damp earth under her bottom...
...band runs through an eclectic repertoire ranging from Dixieland standards and blues to pop and gospel numbers. There are few concessions to showmanship: Allen keeps his eyes closed and legs crossed most of the time, and his stage costume consists of the usual baggy green corduroys, plaid shirt, gray cardigan and the trademark black-rimmed glasses. Which, of course, is exactly what people pay to see. With concert fees reportedly in the $40,000-plus range, the show seems a lucrative proposition. But for Allen, who hardly needs the money, kicks may be the main payoff...
Steve Forbes also points with pride to his Scottish background, a nation of proud, hearty people whose idea of a buffet is a slice of gray meat, a loaf of bread and four different kinds of potatoes...
Senior faculty members include two current House Masters and one former master: Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences John E. Dowling of Leverett House, Gray Professor of Symbiotic Botany Donald A. Pfister of Kirkland House and Bell Professor of Economics Jeffrey G. Williamson, the former master of Mather House. Stephen M. Kosslyn, professor of psychology and the department's head tutor, will also serve on the committee...