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...each modest success on Dulles' list, there were two or more major frustrations or setbacks; every Guatemala was more than offset by a Geneva. In each instance the small advances had been made when free men stood boldly together against Communism; the backward steps were invariably the result of division and fear in the free world-attitudes that the Communists never fail to exploit. Among the points of frustration on Dulles' list...
...Offset lithography, which prints from a rubber blanket on uncoated paper, is best for pictures originally painted on highly absorbent grounds, such as watercolors. t| Collotype, which requires no screen to produce half tones, shows no dots under a magnifying glass, is excellent for reproducing subtle gradations of light and color, and best for editions under...
...canvases. His View at La Craii, also known as Vegetable Garden (opposite), is a consistent favorite, and calm as Cream of Wheat. Edging the leaders in popularity are Picasso and Cubist Georges Braque. The still lifes which Braque specializes in are nothing if not decorative, and their complexity helps offset the chill nakedness of many modern interiors...
...Arthur Larson last week: "Up until very recently, the Government in this country has actually been found at different stages ranged on one side or the other of the contest between employers and employees, at one time suppressing labor organizations, and later throwing its weight on their side to offset the greater economic strength of employers. Now, although the two forces are not in exact balance and never will be, they are near enough to that for the most part to make active Government intervention and interference unnecessary and even harmful . . . The essential role of Government in this...
...world." Attlee cited this exchange as if it were proof of his standing up to the Reds, whereas the net impression of Attlee's remarks seemed to be that all of Mao's bellicose accusations against the U.S. were unfortunately true, but American misbehavior was offset somewhat by Russia's militance and bad manners...