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Audition

Talk story about a four-hour open audition held by Lester Lanin--society bandleader from Philadelphia--in a rented room on Broadway. He asked the 63 musicians who showed up to play, in various group...

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Benefit

Talk story about Gary Indiana, the punk poet, holding a benefit for himself at the Mudd Club on White Street. A couple weeks ago, someone broke into his apartment and took his rent money and his...

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New

Talk story about a conversation overheard at a luncheon at the Regency Hotel, in honor of Cyd Charisse, the dancer and actress, because her legs were the first pair of legs to be elected to the newly...

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Great

Talk story about a party given to celebrate the publication of Merv Griffin's autobiography. He is that great bonvivant television-talk-show host extraordinaire Richard E. Snyder, the president of...

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Romance

Talk story about a luncheon given recently by Harlequin Books for 200 women readers of Harlequin Romances in the large dining room of a large hotel in New Jersey. Various individuals associated with...

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Novel

Talk story about a luncheon at "21," hosted by Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, for the purpose of promoting her novel, "A Man." The book, based on the life of a former lover of Miss Fallaci, is...

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Cat Story

Talk story about a promotion session at Sardi's for a book about cats and how to take care of them, edited (so to speak) by Morris, an orange tabby cat, who is the star of a cat-food advertising...

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The Exercise

Talk story (Part One) about a promotion buffet luncheon at the Plaza Hotel's Terrace Room. Chris Evert Lloyd, the world-class women's tennis champion was endorsing a line of Italian sportswear called...

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Car Questions

Talk story about a party thrown by the Ford Motor Company at the Palace Hotel for Anne and Charlotte Ford, authors of the new book, "How to Love the Car in Your Life." The book, which includes...

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Tableware

Talk story about Letitia Baldridge, who revised and expanded "The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette," giving a speech to a group of tableware manufacturers. They found her very funny. She told...

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The Letter from Home

The narrator describes a period in her life in one long sentence. She milked the cows, fed the children, brewed the tea, etc. She went to the country, the car broke down, she walked back. She spent...

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PRINCE

Talk story about a visit to an exhibit of art objects from the Royal Court of Benin at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University. The Crown Prince of Benin, Dr. Flora Kaplan (an anthropology...

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Comment

Comment about daring things prompted by the story of a daring prison escape by helicopter in France. Writer makes her list of daring things. After each one she appends the phrase: "so daring I'm all...

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The Apprentice

Talk story about a woman who enjoys sewing clothing and working with various fabrics. On the way to a fabric store with a friend, she recounts her apprenticeship to a seamstress, Miss Doreen, on a...

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Meeting

Talk story about a meeting at the new Vista International New York Hotel, at the World Trade Center. It is the newest U.S. hotel in the chain of Hilton International Hotels. 280 people were present,...

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At the Bottom of the River

Stream of consciousness story about a dream-like experience of a young woman. She sees a man lying alone in a bed waiting and waiting, he cannot conceive of what he waits for, cannot conceive of...

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Birthday Party at an East Side Townhouse

Talk story in conversation form about a birthday party for Gwendolyn, the twenty-six-year-old assistant editor of a literary magazine. There were over a hundred guests at the party. They all knew...

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Knitting

Talk story about the Country Store & Yarn Shop in Washington, Connecticut, where one can buy all sorts of materials and instruments used in handicrafts, and especially in knitting. It is run and...

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Foam and Brass

Talk story about Phelps Dodge Industries giving a lunch at the 21 Club to introduce some expensive decorative household wares, all made out of brass. They were done in the Federal Period style and...

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Comment

A young woman recalls her childhood and particularly her father, who was a carpenter and a cabinetmaker on a small island not mentioned but thought to be in the West Indies. In the small world she...

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