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...time Mayer & Co. stepped off the plane, they were weary and still queasy with airsickness. Their reception was heartening. Vice President Nixon gave a warm welcome speech, and by the time John Foster Dulles spoke feelingly of "the France we love and are proud to acclaim as our ally," the Frenchmen were all smiles...
This week Miss Russell is on the real cover of TIME as a result of her success in a very different role. And she regards her appearance on the cover of TIME as a climax to the critical acclaim which followed the opening of her Broadway hit, Wonderful Town...
Despite these advantages, however, many committees will be reluctant to accept this change. Irresponsible charges draw publicity and votes, leaving their victim unable to answer back. But the nominal purpose of investigating committees is ferreting out information, not attracting public acclaim. If investigating groups refuse to abandon their politically lucrative practices willingly, Congress should force these curbs on them. Keating's committee has proven, so far, that granting individuals the right of self-defense does not hinder investigations. A majority of both houses should make his standards binding on all similar groups...
...Helpful Bolivian. A share of the popular acclaim went to U.N. Commissioner Eduardo Anze Matienzo. the genial Bolivian who prepared the way for federation. Anze Matienzo arrived in Asmara 20 months ago in the wake of bloody riots between Eritrea's Moslems and its Christian Copts. He went into every corner of the land seeking to allay religious distrust. His success was shown by the peaceful nature of Eritrea's first national elections, held earlier this year, which sent 34 Copts and 34 Moslems to an assembly that ratified a constitution acceptable to both sects...
...little else. They had a building, and they were confident that their talent and enthusiasm would bring the audiences of Irving Berlin and Oscar Hammerstein back to William Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw. They were right. But even though appreciative audiences filled their theatre, and although the group won national acclaim for its repertory, Brattle never made any money. The company sliced its salaries to subsistence and some of the members dipped into their pockets to subsidize the others; still, during the four years Brattle lost...