Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rubens but a house big enough to hang it in. The British press, who had been worrying out loud that such a "national" treasure would be snatched away by a rich American, let out a patriotic cheer...
...living. Rooms were high, with tall windows that could be opened to the breezes; the broad verandas, ennobled by stately Grecian porticoes, were a prototype of indoor-outdoor living. The New South, too, is fast on its way to evolving its own concept of modern comfort. Last week the American Institute of Architects, announcing the winners of a competition that drew 135 entries from the ten Gulf and Southeast Atlantic states, found that the New South still cherishes its breezeways, highceilinged rooms, and a taste for elegance and lighthearted formality in living. Outstanding among the winners...
...expatriate American hero-heel, who tells this story in first-person flashback, has a code of sorts. He believes that arty ends justify ratty means. Setting up his easel on Rome's Spanish Steps, he sketches the pigeons until the inevitable tourist sucker expresses interest. Eventually, the painter cadges a meal at the Caffe Greco, or his rent money, or a small "loan" to tide him over till the next patron of the arts appears...
...Isaak is paunchy, balding and married-but not to Mara. She is his Polish mistress, and pregnant. A homeless refugee, she wants to bear her baby in New York as a U.S. citizen. For going through with a temporary marriage that gives Mara the chance to become an American, Isaak offers the painter $3,200, a new wardrobe, and all travel expenses...
...Achilles among criminals was brought to heel while trying to hijack Goya's The Second of May, from the Prado. In the current fable, a brilliant Chinese disciple of Pavlov-a sort of Marxist Dr. Fu Manchu-directs the capture, brainwashing and reflex-conditioning of an entire American patrol during the Korean war. Before grinning Russian brasshats, he shows off his success. The Americans puff contentedly on yak dung cigarettes and delicately avoid G.I. profanity-they imagine they are attending a meeting of the garden club in Spring Valley, N.J. They are so thoroughly Pavloved, in fact, that they...