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Died. William C. Bullitt, 76, U.S. diplomat who left his imprint on history between the great wars; of leukemia; in Neuilly, France. Born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, he was a man of adrenal energy and immense flair, headstrong in his personal relationships (two marriages), fierce in his ambitions, spectacular in his causes and dissents. At 28, he was at the Versailles peace table with Woodrow Wilson, then returned in disenchantment to tell the Senate that Wilson's treaty would only deliver the world to "a new century of war." In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him first...
...always imitate people richer than you," says Paris Interior Decorator Slavik, who designed "Les Drugstores" in Paris. Slavik makes the point, though, that the imitator usually puts his own imprint on what he imitates; he did not design his stores to resemble American drugstores, but "we knew the name would attract, and we were right." Though American-made goods, from cake mixes to Mr. Clean, are now taken for granted in many parts of the world, many of the typically "American" wares are just as derivative as Les Drugstores. They are frequently not made either...
Though no law bears his name, Javits' legal experience and debating skill have left their imprint on countless bills, including such landmark legislation as Medicare (he offered an amendment covering those without Social Security) and the 1965 Voting Rights Act (he and Bobby Kennedy got through an amendment that emancipated New York's Puerto Rican population by waiving literacy requirements in English for Spanish-speaking Americans who have attended U.S.-flag schools). Javits makes no obeisance to the titular authors of the laws he has helped to shape and enact. "I really pulled that one off," he says...
Drifting Damnation. The book is full of indigestible encomiums. Truman, says Phillips, "put an indelible imprint of greatness on both the presidency and the history of his time." "History has rarely witnessed a more heartening triumph of the simple virtues of unpretentiousness, honesty and courage." "He left the American presidency a stronger, more effective instrument for human governance than he found it." "Harry S. Truman was a quite ordinary man. But he was also a quite extraordinary President...
...budget for 1967," said the President, "bears the strong imprint of the troubled world we live in." The figures presented to Congress this week bore him out. The Federal Government's 1966-67 administrative budget totals a record $112.8 billion, $6.4 billion more than the expected spending for the current fiscal year...