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...Manhattan, where he went down to the Queen Elizabeth to greet his wife and daughter, Zinaida (a Moscow University professor of law), Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky was a honey bear to photographers, gave them his best peace-offensive smile...
...need "building-up"("Praise his taste in ties") and constant reassurance (tell him "he's going to knock those buyers dead!"). The conviction that hubby is a roaring success must be maintained "at home, across the breakfast table, in bed." It must not be undermined by cracks. Never greet your husband with the words: "Well, how's the Boy Genius? Did you bring home any commissions? I suppose you know the rent is due next week?" Other ways to egg a man on: watch his "calorie intake." take him to a medical mechanic for a "regular...
Since prewar days, U.S. and British diplomats in Moscow have been trailed by bodyguards supplied by the Russian authorities "for protection." Last week U.S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen, flying back to Moscow after a visit to Washington, was surprised to find no bodyguard to greet him at the airport and himself free for the first time to move about without escort. This is the kind of change meant to be regarded as a "slight improvement in relations...
...Tokyo, General Mark Clark, completing 17 months as commander of American and U.N. forces in the Far East, went down to the airport to greet his successor, General John E. Hull, and gave him an enthusiastic welcome: "Boy, am I glad to see you!" Next day, the generals set off on a two-day inspection tour of South Korea, where President Syngman Rhee presented Clark with the Taeguk Order, South Korea's highest military award, for "eminently meritorious conduct" in the Korean war. Before flying home to the U.S., Clark was asked about rumors that he might become...
...Silent Treatment. The delegates applauded Durkin vociferously and prepared, almost to a man, to enjoy disliking the Vice President. When Nixon stepped out of an Air Force plane at St. Louis, not a soul from the A.F.L. was on hand to greet him. Next morning, when he walked to the speaker's platform in the Gold Room of the Jefferson Hotel, not a soul applauded. Though there was a perfunctory scattering of handclaps later, when he began to speak, hundreds of delegates simply sat and looked at him. But if Nixon realized at this point that he had entered...