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...delegates agreed that their general aim was to promote the "reconstruction and development of European nations," first by selfhelp, as Secretary Marshall had insisted, and then through "the support of the United States, which would be decisive." The U.S., not a participant in the conference, remained well in the background. However, the delegates were learning what the U.S. meant by European selfhelp. Ramadier gave a luncheon for U.S. Under Secretary of State Will Clayton, who has become the world's foremost foe of trade barriers. After that, the delegates began to talk more about removal of European trade barriers...
...kind of homey, ineptly-handled drama. One of the brothers, a self-styled ladies' man, marries, and brings his wife to live with his brethren, all of whom fly the mail. Inevitably, one of them (the kid) is killed, and another (strong and silent) is crippled, all with the background of Anne Baxter's rather mystifying marital problems...
...Background music, in the appropriate bucolic mood, will be provided by Ruby Newman on lend-lease from the Hotel Statler, beginning at 7:45. Those without the cutie, car, or cash to attend all this can pick it up in the room easy chair by radio broadcast...
...looks at all times like a ballet dancer converted for the occasion. In fact, his wooden absorption with creating the stone flower to the neglect of his unkissed bride and an amorous fairy queen, will for a while make you wonder about him. And Hollywoodisms creep in: the background music continually dictates what mood you must get in for upcoming scenes. And the seeking mind can read Significance into several episodes: someone scored a dialectical coup in presenting a smirking, opulent nobleman who rewards the hero, who has won for him a 500 thousand ruble bet, by giving...
...strategically on the walls; new Louis XV furniture was installed in her bedroom. A new floor of shining tile was laid for the main entrance, doors were painted garish green, marble stairs were shined mirror-bright. No one could blame Embassy officials when their bright new decorations became the background for the first jeers that Evita had heard since her European tour began June...