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...daring appointment. The Villa Medici, like its parent school, the Beaux-Arts of Paris, has never been known for its tolerance of individualism. Of all the French artists sent there, only David and Ingres stand out as painters of the first rank. Malraux's plan is to give the Villa a new vitality. "This is what I propose," he told his friend Balthus. "A second ambassador in Italy. An ambassador of French culture. I would have conferences, receptions, movement!" Balthus was delighted to accept...
...House subcommittee on State Department appropriations, Rooney keeps a harsh eye and a hard thumb on what he calls "booze allowances for cooky pushers"-the representation allowance diplomats get for official entertaining. Last week the department's representation allowance request for fiscal 1962 was up before the parent House Appropriations Committee. Pared to meet Rooney's tastes, the $953,000 budget was well below the level provided by West Germany; it was barely $100,000 over the 1961 request, even though the U.S. has had to open 14 embassies and three consulates in new African countries. Result...
...profound change of attitude. At book's beginning the heaviest luggage the Rhodeses carry is their own inferiority complex. They think they know what they want-to be French; at book's end they know and accept what they are-Americans. Treating Europe and America as parent and child, William Maxwell has unfolded the recurring cycle of maturity-to go home again, one must first be able to leave...
...four, all American: J. Walter Thompson; Interpublic, Inc. (the parent corporation of McCann-Erickson); Young & Rubicam; Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn...
Dread of dirt (mysophobia) goes hand in overwashed hand with the cleanliness compulsion. The victim must carry out his cleansing routine even though he knows it is unreasonable. Otherwise, he finds himself the prisoner of intolerable anxiety. The cleanliness compulsion commonly arises from conflict involving a strict and perfectionist parent. The victim begins by being simply overneat and fussy about cleanliness. Then he gets into conflict with all the people around him who do not comply with his compulsive standards. His compulsion may drive him to excessive washing of his body, of clothes, and even doorknobs. (One legendary American tycoon...