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...John F. Kennedy's talent as a gracious host. Already this year, the President has welcomed, feted -and in most cases, charmed-more than 150 special foreign guests, ranging from heads of state to ambassadors. Last week the President rolled out the red carpet for two visitors: Finland's President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 61, and Liberia's President William V. S. Tubman...
Reluctant Flyer. As he does for each visiting head of state, Kennedy went to the airport to greet Finland's Kekkonen, accompanied by Jackie, who usually goes along if the guest brings his wife. Whisked off to the White House by helicopter, Kekkonen and his wife glowed as they walked into the state dining room for luncheon: blue and white flowers, the colors of the Finnish flag, graced the tables, and the Marine Corps band played Finlandia. Conspicuously displayed on a nearby table was a gift of small Finnish dolls that Mrs. Kekkonen had earlier sent to Caroline Kennedy...
Less Was More . . . The first part of the book deals with the old masters-Sullivan, Ferret, Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Finland's Alvar Aalto. Some readers may question Jones's conclusion that Wright and not Le Corbusier was the greatest architect of their generation, or that Wright's corkscrew Guggenheim Museum is his best work. (Perhaps because Le Corbusier is the most inaccessible of architects, Jones's chapter on him lacks the luster of the others...
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...father, Eliel. was Finland's top architect. Fortunately, he was also a warmhearted man who did everything he could to encourage his little "Poju" (Sonny) when the boy began to show a talent for drawing. In 1923, when Eero was twelve, Eliel decided to move to the U.S. Young Eero went through the Yale School of Architecture, and in time he and his father went into partnership...