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...times been virtually ignored by gallerygoers. And though the experts have subjected Poussin to periodic "rediscoveries," he has sometimes seemed little more than a name to which the textbooks paid their perfunctory respects. This summer Poussin is enjoying his most spectacular "rediscovery" yet, in the form of the biggest one-man show the Louvre has staged in 30 years...
...Argyrol, by William Shack. An entertaining account of the maverick millionaire who hated stuffed noses and shirts, delighted in being the one-man audience of a great art collection...
...Diem is constantly surrounded by police; he has neither the desire nor the ability to be a folksy man of the people. The peasants, who blame the government for a one-third fall in the price of rice this year, view Diem as a remote and austere figure, while they must contend with nightly raids by Red terrorists. To the city intellectuals, Diem's one-man rule is increasingly galling. They argue that his administration could be more liberal without impeding economic progress or exposing itself to Communist infiltration...
...Stuart Mackenzie, 24, is international sculling's foremost character-and finest practitioner. Last week, warming up for a try at his fourth straight victory in the famed Diamond Sculls at Britain's Henley Royal Regatta, the 6-ft. 4½-in., 196-lb. Mackenzie was skittering his one-man shell across the water like a nervous water bug. But. as always, he was relying almost as much on gamesmanship as on power to preserve his reputation as the world's best sculler...
...very first hole, Arnold Palmer splashed into the water, and the 1960 Open was suddenly turned from a one-man romp into the most dramatic in history. With his pre-tournament perfection gone, Palmer labored like a Sunday duffer. His drives wandered about the fairways, his putts tantalizingly lipped the cup. Only his famed talents for "scrambling" kept him in the tournament at all. After the first 36 (of 72) holes, Palmer's one-over-par 143 tied him for a sorry 15th behind the surprise leader, Mike Souchak...