Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harry Truman worked hard on his eighth and last message to Congress on the State of the Union, determined to speak his valedictory in the calm, reasoning voice of the statesman. At 11:15 one night last week-late by Truman standards-he finished going over the fifth draft, left his speechwriters working well past midnight to buff the rough edges...
...primary reason for Churchill's American trip. In Manhattan, at week's end, Dwight Eisenhower said that he had recently asked "a man who is 78 years old-one of the world's great leaders," if it wasn't time for him to retire. The statesman's answer: "My opportunity for my greater service to my country probably still lies ahead...
...told this story (at a meeting of heart specialists), Ike turned to Thomas E. Dewey, an elder statesman 28 years younger than Churchill, said: "And that certainly applies...
...critics that his style is 1) new, and 2) worth having. A modest 42-year-old Javanese painter named Affandi can qualify on both counts. He has never taken a formal art lesson in his life, but after his first big exhibit in London six months ago, the New Statesman's John Berger flatly called him "a painter of genius." Last week, at Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts, the critics got another glimpse of Affandi and he still looked very good...
...Correction Treaty." If the U.S. Government ratified the treaty, for example, it would be required to distribute to the press "corrections" from any other government that feels it has been misrepresented by U.S. papers. U.S. Delegate Charles Sprague, ex-governor of Oregon and publisher of the Salem (Ore.) Statesman, called the treaty a "hazardous step" because it would force a government to distribute to its press any propaganda other countries wanted to foist upon it. The Russians and their satellites also voted against the treaty on completely different grounds: they are still pushing for a treaty that will stop...