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Swollen Ankles. But there was no backing out now. What was more, Sukarno said, Indonesia wanted no more aid from U.N. agencies-a remark that must have stirred the bellies of his underfed audience. "What is UNICEF?" cried Sukarno. "It is powdered milk. I prefer to eat cassava [a flour-yielding root]. FAO sends experts who know nothing about Indonesia's agriculture. I say to them, To hell with your...
Wastepaper Figures. "Strange," wrote Beckmann in his diary in 1947, "that in every city I always hear the lions roar." He loved the street-scene turmoil and crammed his major canvases with crowds of jostling, uncongenial characters. Son of a Leipzig flour merchant, Beckmann was already a success at the age of 30 when World War I broke out. To avoid killing, he volunteered for the medical corps. Still, the constant exposure to slaughter, which he often drew, punctured his optimism so destructively that 30 years later he wondered if war had wounded his soul...
There was one cheerful note. Russia's new regime announced that for the first time in 13 months of grain rationing, everyone would be issued 41 extra Ibs. of flour for the cabbage pies that seem vital to the Russian soul...
Grave & Reformed. Adams' two older brothers were black sheep. John Adams II was kicked out of Harvard for joining in a riot, and the family allowed him to settle down as the manager of a flour mill in Washington. George became an alcoholic, had an illegitimate child by a servant girl, and finally committed suicide. Charles Francis, who would have preferred to be a scholar, felt obligated to carry on the family tradition of public service. He cut down on the drinking bouts, made an effort to appear "grave, sober, formal, precise and reserved," and began his new career...
...Joseph, 59, has also played his part. After a long career as an executive in various flour mills, he was tapped to head E.M.I, in 1954 because of his managerial skills, profitably reorganized and diversified the company. E.M.I. subsidiaries now turn out electronic equipment that ranges from missile guidance systems to hearing aids, make a quarter of Britain's refrigerators. But records are still a mainstay of the business. E.M.I, dominates the European popular music market with its labels (Parlophone, His Master's Voice, Odeon, Pathe), also has a strong hold on the single-disk U.S. market through...