Word: lunches
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Getting the Point. The situation soon became so touchy that Jack Kennedy and his White House aides developed a nervous tic of annoyance whenever they were bothered by Bowles. Finally the President summoned his Under Secretary of State to a White House lunch. Figuring that the former adman would quickly get the point, Kennedy gently suggested Bowles might like to become ambassador to Chile...
Bowles really did get the point when friends reminded him of two news stories by the President's good friends Columnist Joe Alsop and the Chattanooga Times's Charlie Bartlett, which detailed Bowles's difficulties. The stories, plus the lunch, could only mean he was being fired. As soon as he got sore, Bowles proved to be no pushover. With familiar Madison Avenue skill, he and his pals leaked a spate of stories on the sinister plot to send him into exile. Their catchy, if misleading pitch: "It will be a curious result if the first head...
...reporters jangled telephones in Hyannisport, where the President was seeking weekend relaxation. But Press Secretary Pierre Salinger professed complete ignorance of any attempt to fire Bowles. When he got back to Washington, Kennedy was so irked by the splurge of Bowles-inspired stories that he canceled a White House lunch with Hubert Humphrey, summoned Bowles back to a second meal. This time there were no leaks, but Salinger announced with finality that Bowles was going on an important, 18-day trip to meet with chiefs of U.S. missions in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Obviously, the mounting liberal...
...week's end the spaceman's boyish smile and unfailing modesty had conquered all Britain. Queen Elizabeth had him for lunch at Buckingham Palace, seating him in the place of honor on her right; Macmillan invited him to Admiralty House, after 20 minutes with Yuri pronounced him "a delightful fellow." A 23-year-old British nurse ambushed Yuri as he emerged from the Russian embassy, flung her arms around his neck for a solid kiss, proclaimed him "the most kissable man in the universe." Headline the Daily Mail: MAKE HIM SIR YURI...
Once Lasch approves, Mauldin works up half a dozen crude, matchbook-sized "spots"-samples that vary widely in composition and approach. These spots play an important role in giving his idea different settings: "You've got to be suspicious if anything satisfies you right off." After a quick lunch, Mauldin grids his drawingboard work area into nine squares and begins drafting the cartoon, first in pencil and then in ink. A stickler for just the right detail, he frequently consults his favorite reference, the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, or poses before a Polaroid Land camera (with a self-tripping shutter...