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...Igor Stravinsky says that there is no triumph in being 84. He confesses to a feeling of loneliness for his generation, a detachment from younger people "who see me as an elderly crackpot always in a snit." He's far from that. In an interview in the New York Review of Books this week, Composer Stravinsky shows that his mind is as sprightly and incisive as ever...
...Paris," recalled the speaker at Washington's Boiling Air Force Base, "I went to buy a ticket on the helicopter service. The girl at the counter asked me to spell my name. 'Oh,' she said, 'you spell it like our helicopter.' " Exactly. Aviation Pioneer Igor Sikorsky, 76, reminisced about the romance and passion of flying at a banquet honoring the father of the helicopter. "My first one was more vibration, dust and noise," he laughed, "and it couldn't fly. But now as an old man and as a designer, I am pleased most...
Timed to coincide with Madison Square Garden's annual Westminster Kennel Club Show, the high-fashion dog show focused on celebrities' pups. Porgie Cassini, Columnist Igor's beagle, showed the crowd a few pointers in a $10 tight-fitting white knit turtleneck. Rufus Cass, a Cavalier King Spaniel owned by Comedienne Peggy Cass (To Tell the Truth), trotted out in a snappy Garbo trench coat and green velvet beret designed for Special Farces. Mimi and Camille Henderson, Skitch's miniature poodles, sported twin $150 red mole coats that were belted at the waist, and Buffee Gore...
Mass transportation is also a promising field: the bigger, better helicopters being proven out today may some day fly Washington-New York or Los Angeles-San Francisco routes with almost the speed of fixed-wing aircraft and with the added advantage of being able to land downtown. Pioneer Igor Sikorsky, who has been building helicopters for 56 years and recently sent his Skycrane to Viet Nam, believes the day is coming when helicopters carrying 100 passengers or more will serve the same function as buses and commuter trains...
...modern art in original and reproduction, adult games and library furniture. Rizzoli has the elegance of an 18th century library, plans to offer browsers authentic espresso made with water imported from Italy. "Our customers are doing more than exchanging money for a book," boasts Scribner's Vice President Igor Kropotkin. "They are having a significant experience." Only twelve doors from discounting Korvette, Scribner boosted its sales 20% last year, matched Korvette's 2,000-volume sale of The Making of the President, 1964, copy for copy-despite Korvette's $2.16 discount on the $6.95 book...