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...acted to protect its emerging case against Dean. Although he has been granted limited immunity by the Ervin committee, Dean can still be prosecuted as long as any indictment is not based on evidence gathered from his committee testimony. Thus Cox last week gave Judge Sirica a two-inch-thick sealed envelope containing evidence against Dean that Justice Department prosecutors had gathered prior to Dean's testimony to the Senate committee. It is to be opened only if Dean claims that he is later being prosecuted because of his public statements. The contents of the envelope presumably would refute...
...despite Calder's thick spectacles and some earnest overpraise, he under stands that Maugham did create several stories that are still read and several characters who are fondly remembered. Most memorable by far is Rosie, she of the pale gold hair, white breasts and happy promiscuity, whose enchanting smile suffuses Maugham's celebrated roman à clef, Cakes...
Nicholas Georgiadis, costume and scenery designer, has created a dazzling 17th century court and a forest that grows and gondolas that pierce thick smokescreen fogs. The dancers are sumptuously gowned in silks. Conductor George Crum, musical director of the ballet, evokes the heroic era of Czarist Russia in a polished interpretation...
Manhattan's Soup Burg, they claim that the cost of raw onion per hamburger is up to 70 or 80. "It's getting to be the most expensive part of the hamburger," says one of the waiters. The National Press Club in Washington has eliminated the thick onion garnish from the top of its $2 hamburger. Says the club chef, "You have to know somebody these days to get an onion...
...turned out, the get-together was as easygoing as a barbecue in the Outback. The hosts graciously did not bring up Whitlam's proposal to replace God Save the Queen as his nation's national anthem. For their part, the guests brought a well-received present, a thick sheepskin rug. As Margaret Whitlam later related, "Prince Philip took off his shoes and trampled about in its depths to get the feel...