Word: sisters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...SISTER MARY HELEN Mt. de Chantal Visitation Academy Wheeling, W.Va...
...daughters; Mother Knows Better and, between visits to Dior and Balenciaga, smooths things out; one daughter acquires a pianist and the other a painter. The usual names are on the Deans' list-the Sistine Chapel, the Catacombs, the Louvre; Mr. Dean's sharp-tongued sister and her husband keep barging in; a maid keeps talking French, Mr. Dean keeps trying to, and there are a good many sentimental interludes...
Trade Not Aid. To spur economic progress in this pattern, the Administration encourages the flow of dollars to Latin America by trade and private investment. "The 168 million people in the U.S. cannot export prosperity to the 175 million people in our sister republics. There is only one really effective way to expand our trade, and that is to increase our imports from the area. The Eisenhower Administration has been notably successful in defending its trade policy toward Latin America, despite an annual barrage of proposed laws, tariffs and other restrictions designed to eliminate some competitive Latin American product...
Charlie, however, is not without weapons. His seedy charm works its magic on his sister Kathie, and his innate dishonesty easily overcomes the commonplace virtue of his stuffy brother Richard. Within a few hours he parlays both into a $20,000 offer with more to come as he needs it. Having made his point, Charlie unconvincingly spurns the money. On this framework, Author (The Trouble of One House) and New Yorker Critic Brendan Gill hangs a morality tale. It boils down to the adage that appearances are deceiving. Charlie, with all his faults, has the courage to look coolly...
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