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...hard to say which were more successful. Though there were only a few oil portraits in the show (Cox has done such celebrities as Harvard President James B. Conant, Judge Learned Hand, Dean Acheson), it was plain that he is no mere bread & butter portraitist. The pictures had a carefree, almost dashed-off look: lots of lively colors, some swift lines brushed in with a spare and sure touch. What they lacked in detail was made up in warmth and spontaneity. In a painting of his young daughter Kate, prim and neat in a party dress, Cox had added...
...Many M.P.s, hearing the word for the first time on Acheson's lips, thought it sounded obscene. They were easily reassured by a bowdlerized translation: situation normal, all fouled...
Without pausing after his flying tour of European capitals, Dean Acheson last week began a six-day visit to the principal cities of Brazil. The first U.S. Secretary of State to visit South America in four years, he was there to reassure Brazilians that the U.S., in its preoccupation with the problems of Europe and Asia, has not forgotten its friendship with the world's largest republic...
From President Vargas down, Brazilians peppered their guest with searching questions, particularly about prospects for greater economic and technical aid. Acheson blandly denied that the U.S. ever assigned a lower priority to Latin American problems. "There are two separate problems to be dealt with at the same time," he told reporters. "One is the need of our allies in the front line, those fighting in Korea, in Indo-China, the needs of French, British and our own troops in Europe. Those needs must be met or there will be no front line. But... we must carry out our historic policy...
...ceremonial demitasses of rich, black Brazilian coffee, much of the past uneasiness evaporated. Though the moderate newspaper Tribuna da Imprensa continued to caution against "the lack of continuity of the Good Neighbor policy," many Brazilian leaders were impressed by the weight of the problems U.S. foreign policy must face. Acheson, for his part, was impressed by Brazil. "Here is hope," he said. "I return to the U.S. with a lift of spirit which I have not had since I became Secretary of State...