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...Hyman Marcus is a fast-talking former math teacher and Phi Beta Kappa man (Columbia) who in three years transformed a shaky manufacturer of laundry machines into a corporate complex grossing more than $90 million. In late 1953 he bought his way into U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corp., an oldtime concern with $13 million in debts, shored up its tottering finances, became president in 1954. By trading stock in the Hoffman Corp., he acquired 23 profitable subsidiaries, manufacturing everything from candy to tin cans. But somewhere along the line, Hyman Marcus' magic touch began to fail. Day after...
...Marcus, brother to Titus, is created with considerable 'dignity by Arthur Lewis, as is Titus's son Lucius by John Hallowell. The empress' two lecherous sons are delightfully costumed and, most of the time, well acted. The elder, as played by James Martin, is properly Presley. Michael Kenny plays a clown, who enters twice with exquisite gayety...
Servan-Schreiber quotes the report (the authenticity of which he guarantees) of a Major Marcus who, after nine months serving in most regions of Algeria, sums up: "In spite of the optimism of official statements, the situation is not improving. Unable to distinguish between rebels and peaceful citizens [we] are forced to engage in blind repression. Each false fellagha killed is replaced by ten real ones-to the point where our forces, faced with the enmity of the entire population, will either have to practice a policy of extermination ... or give up." Adds Marcus: "Here, lying has become second nature...
...panels. Among the buyers: Monaco's Prince Rainier. Stanley Marcus of Dallas' Neiman-Marcus (which will put 15 gemmaux on display), and U.S. Designer Raymond Loewy, who says he will open a gemmaux gallery in Manhattan. Gemmaux have also gone commercial. One of the more lurid experiences in the Paris subway these days is the spectacle of Van Gogh's Bridge at Aries touting the virtues of a washing machine, and his Night Café exhorting people to drink Perrier water...
ESTELLE S. MARCUS Philadelphia...