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...Saturday, "beautifully turned out," according to a member of the hunt, in formal hunting clothes: canary breeches, dark Melton coat, derby and black hunting boots. This is the approved outfit for fox hunting. She stayed out for an hour or so. Hounds met at Meetze's Scale, near ex-Ambassador George Garrett's Chilly Bleake farm. Again she joined the field after hounds had moved off. Having a fox-hunting First Lady is definitely more stimulating to the housewife than having one who bowls or knits. When and if the President starts hunting, it will be even more...
Three Roads. Now there are three roads open to Kennedy. He could pick an able man from the second echelon of Latin American experts (such as Ambassador to Brazil John Moors Cabot or ex-Ambassador to Cuba Philip Bonsai) and build him up to first rank by going to great personal lengths to stress the importance of both man and job. He could reach outside the ranks of Latin American specialists for a big name that would by itself prove the importance he attaches to the job. Or he could agree to Berle's terms...
Evidently speaking for most of his countrymen, whichever side they take, ex-Ambassador Hayter declared: "It is with a kind of nausea that one reverts to this disagreeable affair." It is plain that the British, who are prone to cherish the memories of their greatest defeats, have not yet found in Suez the aura of heroism and sacrifice that leads them to take pride in Gallipoli and Dunkirk...
...turned out, had won only a "pass" and not a "first" degree. Lord Attlee had at least been a "second," but at 77 he was getting on. Then someone mentioned the name of tall, suave Sir Oliver Franks, 55, onetime professor of philosophy, former provost of Queens College, ex-Ambassador to the U.S., and now chairman of Lloyds Bank, one of Britain's biggest. With little ado. 28 of the 36 decided that Sir Oliver should...
Died. Dr. Sara Murray Jordan, 75, expert on digestive disorders (Good Food for Bad Stomachs) who treated eminent but harassed patients (Columnist Westbrook Pegler, ex-Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy and his son Senator John); in Boston...