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Next target was Eikichi Kambayashi-yama, director-general of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. He was charged with ordering a lavish homecoming parade-replete with sake, flag-waving schoolchildren, and an official army band-when he returned to his prefecture on Kyushu in September. Kam-bayashiyama last week told the Diet's Cabinet committee: "I am sorry; I will humbly search my heart, and I will be more careful, hereafter." Though the opposition shrieked, "Shame on you! Resign! Resign!", the director-general did not quit...
Bracelets & Billiards. Meanwhile, in Paris last week, more than 10,000 buyers a day were bustling through the Third Biennial of Antiques. Set off by the Grand Palais' lavish decorations, including 500 trees and an artificial lake with swans, more than $10 million worth of objets d'art were on sale. Rarities included the child-sized billiard table given to King Louis XIV when he was twelve years old, and an art nouveau serpentine bracelet designed for Sarah Bernhardt...
...Sunrise. Produced last week, it was the most lavish spectacle ever conjured by the Met, a triumph in a season of new productions that so far have ranged from big-scale to boffo. In Antony and Cleopatra, the scenery outweighed the music. La Traviata, Verdi's melancholy masterpiece, was buoyed by the stylish performances of Anna Moffo and Robert Merrill. La Gioconda, an en dearing old war horse, came vibrantly alive in an opulent but refreshingly conventional production, beautifully sung by Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli...
...student in a House during the 1930's received lavish daily maid service (cleaning, room straightening, bed-making) as well as personal service in the dining hall...
...protests that "we now have a three-party system in America-the Democrats, the Republicans and the Kennedys." Cries Los Angeles' Mayor Sam Yorty, who had an acrimonious confrontation with Bobby during last month's hearings on the plight of U.S. cities: "Bobby Kennedy is conducting a lavish campaign to build himself up and tear President Johnson down. He's trying to ride on his brother's fame and his father's fortune to the presidency, and I don't think...