Word: washingtons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Urals & Beyond. Before he left Washington for Moscow, Richard Nixon had worried that Khrushchev might snub him and permit only brief, formal contacts. Instead, Nixon saw Khrushchev more often, on more intimate terms, than any American visitor to Moscow before him. A totalitarian unused to real debate, Khrushchev grew increasingly amiable despite Nixon's back talk-or perhaps because...
Strangers at a Wedding. Behind the dome is the glass pavilion, a sprawling (50,000 sq. ft.) building of glass and steel with an accordion-pleated aluminum roof. It is the cultural center of the exposition, with everything from a Stuart portrait of Washington to the latest model kitchen. Scrutinizing the latest American modes, the Russian women seemed most impressed by the spectacular wedding sequence. "We used to have that long ago," said one wistful spectator. "But not any more...
...bedeviled director of the fair, Harold Chadick McClellan, a wealthy California manufacturer (paints and chemicals), former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and onetime president of the National Association of Manufacturers, the project was one unmitigated migraine. On top of his breakneck schedule and a niggardly allowance ($3,600,000) from Washington, he met daily opposition from all sides. The Kremlin vetoed the plan to distribute free Coty lipsticks. President Eisenhower's doubts about the top-heavily modern art show (TIME, July 13) prompted some changes. The Russians haggled like capitalistic stockbrokers over the rent...
...Christmas present, he qualified as a pilot, survived one crash and went on to organize the Grand Rapids Civil Air Patrol, still has a passion for flying, though he gave up piloting in 1951. Friends say Fritz Mueller looks younger than he did when he came to Washington in 1955. "I happen to enjoy the stimulation of challenge," said he, "and Washington is the place to find stimulation...
...Most Washington newsmen had suspected as much as soon as they picked up their morning newspapers to find Page One splashed with stories detailing the President's thinking on the day's top issues-but attributing the news only to a "high authority." Word soon spread that the President had given a small stag dinner for regular White House correspondents-the first for the press that he had ever held at his house. Present were Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson, Press Secretary James Hagerty, and 13 newsmen-those, as Ike told the news conference, "who have covered me wherever...