Word: impromptue
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Throughout the Croesus-rich nations of the Persian Gulf, the businessmen encountered a welcome hunger for U.S. management know-how. When Saudi Heir Apparent Prince Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz warned that American firms risked losing Saudi business because of slow deliveries, the group formed an impromptu committee to advise the Saudis on ways to streamline their purchasing procedures in the U.S. Arab hospitality was generous. As guests of Prince Salman, governor of Riyadh, the businessmen sipped coffee around a bonfire, then retired to a large black tent as a chilly drizzle began. Inside, they sat cross-legged on carpets...
Ford then got ready to leave for Martinique to meet this weekend with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. Giscard, meanwhile, had an impromptu dinner in Paris with Wilson, gave a warm welcome to Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev, prepared to play host early this week to a summit meeting of the heads of government of the nine Common Market countries -and got out his bathing suit for the U.S.-French summit in Martinique. If any of the political jet-setters should get confused and propose a toast to his good friend "Helmut Ford" or his old colleague "Harold...
...from the keyboard. Horowitz does everything for Chopin except take him seriously as a dramatic innovator. The G-Minor Ballade, for example, is one of the composer's most original and powerful creations. Yet Horowitz turned it into a series of episodes; it was like hearing alternately an Impromptu, Nocturne and Etude, The effect was to reduce the work's heroism to mere gallantry...
Undoubtedly the most pungent commentary on the U.N.'s Roman debacle was provided by Pan, a feisty, independent conference newspaper. Directing its barbs impartially, the impromptu daily tried to keep the delegates honest by running such headlines as GUILTY, GULLIBLE AND STUPID-THE IMAGE OPEC COUNTRIES SHOULD BEWARE OF. As a prod to flabby consciences, the puckish Pan staff set up a scale in the delegates' lounge and encouraged overweight representatives to donate a $3-per-lb. "fat tax" to its antihunger crusade. About $150 was collected -perhaps the most tangible expression of good faith seen in Rome...
...from all questions of relative talent, the Oakland A's-a team notorious for lack of togetherness-were playing the series last week in a state somewhere between turmoil and anarchy. Two of their top relief pitchers, Rollie Fingers and John ("Blue Moon") Odom, were recovering from an impromptu locker-room brawl. Star Slugger Reggie Jackson (TIME cover, June 3) was playing on probation, having been warned by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for threatening a reporter. Pitcher Jim ("Catfish") Hunter was embroiled in a public contract dispute with Svengalian Owner Charles O. Finley, who was overruling Manager Alvin Dark...