Word: jo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neighbors, one of the world's oldest international communities, seemed more interested in economics than defense. Replying on behalf of the visiting ministers, Brazil's Joáo Neves da Fontoura declared bluntly that in return for their cooperation in mobilizing, the latinos wanted a better economic deal than they got in World War II. Last time, he said, the Latin American countries built up huge dollar credits. But what they wanted was U.S. goods, which the U.S. did not (or could not) allocate to them. "[Our] position," said Joáo Neves tartly, "could be compared...
...Gallery-lined 57th Street and its environs offered bronzes by Britain's Henry Moore (at the Buchholz), Grandma Moses' bucolic pleasantries (at the St. Etienne), happy bloops and squiggles by Spain's Joán Miró (at the Pierre Matisse), a fine collection of Ming porcelains (at the Komor), and antiseptic semi-abstractions by Charles Sheeler (at the Downtown). The esoteric fringe, always as long as an Easter bunny's ears, had a bright item: luminescent pictures by Marie Menken (at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery), which were guaranteed to be visible even in rooms...
...occupation in North Africa as a lieutenant in the Free French Air Force doing intelligence work, driving an ambulance and, in her spare time, entertaining troops. Off-season nowadays, she lives in a 12th-Century chateau in the Dordogne Valley with her third (and second white) husband, Bandleader Jo Bouillon, her mother, brother and sister, and a whole menagerie of monkeys, dogs, cats and parakeets...
...costumes were designed by Irene Sharaff and the sets by Jo Mielziner. The costumes are lavish and imaginative; the sets are lavish. Mr. Mielziner's forte is not musical comedy, or even "musical play." "The King and I" is a large production, John Van Druten's direction is smooth, and the performances are all good. The trouble is that Rodgers and Hammerstein seem a little too reluctant to entertain their public. That is a fundamental mistake in show business. Perhaps the future will bring a change...
Maillol, Degas, the English sculptors Eric Gill and Alfred Stevens, and Jo Davidson are among those represented in the show, which will last through March...