Word: beene
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It has been more than a year since that modern American morality play, The Ugly American, hit the scene with its less than surprising revelations about State Department boobery abroad. Whatever its literary drawbacks--and they were great--the book did arouse public interest in an important field.
"Nothing like this Region Study has even been done," declared Raymond Vernon, professor of International Trade and Investment, and director of the Metropolitan Region Study. "We have spent $600,000 in grants from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefellers and a staff of more than 40 professional people have worked...
In any event, when Mr. Eisenhower visits his 13 capitals next month, he will not find the same kind of qualified, experienced diplomat that greeted Mr. Khrushchev on his similar travels a few years ago. The Ugly American may have been the hero of the book, but in the form...
"We have been playing charades with ourselves since Camp David," he said, scoffing at the apparent need for an atmosphere of progress.
A "pious hope" of housing graduate students in the Houses has apparently been dropped for next year, David E. Owen, Master of Winthrop House, said yesterday.