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Malraux had written: "The alcove of Vermeer, a flower painting by Chardin, give us a view of a world where man is less antlike than in his own." But, Onimus responds: "What anguish in these few lines! And, in fact, perhaps what misgivings! Does Malraux seriously believe that Vermeer's alcove, Chardin's bouquet, however beautiful they are, contain within them the power of salvation? . . . His position is untenable...
...first Dr. Innerfield and his associates at Manhattan's Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital gave trypsin to patients by intravenous drip. Other medical researchers objected that this method was unsafe, and a possible cause of blood clots. While not expressly conceding the point, Inner-field worked out another way of administering trypsin-intramuscularly...
Loving. He married Flor de Oro (Flower of Gold), the wildcat daughter of Dominican Dictator Trujillo, and stayed married to her for five years. The Dictator, apparently impressed by this feat, made him a diplomat. Once established on the Continent, Rubi found ways of maintaining himself in expensive luxury. He had setbacks. The Germans threw him into a detention camp during World War II. Back in Paris in 1944 he was wounded in a mysterious street shooting. But Rubi was undismayed. He married French Actress Danielle Darrieux (a collector's item), and capped this by marrying Doris ("Richest Girl...
...next morning, word had flashed through Manila that Magsaysay was keeping open house. People flocked to the palace. Whole families picnicked on the flower beds; kids shied pop bottle caps at shimmering chandeliers inside the palace; mothers nursed their babies on satin-covered furniture in the drawing rooms. Still racked with fever, the President stood by shaking hand after hand until aides whisked him off to the presidential yacht in Manila Harbor for a breath of air. Police estimated that 50,000 people had come to Malacanan Palace during the two days. Said one newsman: "The Communist leader Taruc used...
...dolls in its window instead of the usual holly-decorated merchandise. The window was a great success, and this year Macy's spent an estimated $75,000 to show what a white Christmas looked like in 1850. Other U.S. stores, which used to be content with doggedly symmetrical flower vases and stilted mannequins, have picked up the idea, until today Christmas takes up an average 60% of retail store display budgets. Most stores do their own work, are busy months ahead of time. Those who want a custom job turn to the cluster of small firms which make...