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Last week one of the greatest of all portrait photographers had a one-man exhibition at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art. To modern camera fans the 40-odd sepia-colored pictures in this exhibition looked like the rich-toned etchings of an old master...
Jarvis Catoe had been a one-man crime wave. He had caused a police shake-up in Washington and a Congressional investigation. That was after he murdered Jessie Elizabeth Strieff, a Government clerk. Jarvis gently told the police about that...
...tiresome gabbling he once booted even Crown Prince Mohammed Reza into a palace fountain.) Iran is ruled entirely by fear, they insist; bribery is still prevalent, taxation overpowering; Iran's 136-man National Assembly, the Majlis, and all Cabinets are solidly enstooged. By this time, they add, the One-Man New Deal has turned into a One-Man Corporative State, owning everything worth owning and, furthermore, smoking opium...
...called for an overall policy board; all ignored the tiresomely reiterated advice from all sides that control be centralized in one man. (The FORTUNE Forum of Executive Opinion-see p. 78-last week showed that 72.8% of the nation's business leaders favor a War Industries Board under one-man control, 20.1% prefer representative industry committees under Federal coordination, only 9.1% approve the present setup with minor efficiency changes...
...one-man band is a unique stunt, but except as a stunt it doesn't add new luster to Mr. Bechet, who is already a first-rate hot soprano saxophonist...