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#1 2009-07-13 12:40:54
- One Trick Pony
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Dean Acheson: The Ultimate 'Mod' icon
Ivy League to his fingertips (and his wingtips), this gentlemanly Democrat brought renewed prosperity to Europe, via the Marshall Plan. Without him, no economic kick-start for Italy - so probably no cinema other than neo-realist, no Agnelli, Vespa or furniture design. Without him, no social and economic revolution in England. No affluence, no youth culture, no cheap and affordable clothing, no Carnaby Street. No Elizabeth David, Terence Conran, 'Blow Up', Bond, Bailey or Hockney.
You think I'm exaggerating?
Work it out for yourselves.
#2 2009-07-13 18:28:53
- rsmeyer
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Re: Dean Acheson: The Ultimate 'Mod' icon
Six degrees of separation.
#4 2009-07-19 20:32:31
- tmc22
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Re: Dean Acheson: The Ultimate 'Mod' icon
A couple of years ago I wrote about Dean Acheson's sartorial elegance. I will only note today that a case can be made out that he was responsible for America's involvement in two foreign wars and gave bad advice on almost every significant aspect of US foreign policy since his involuntary forced retirement in 1952. He did wear nice clothes, though.
#6 2010-07-01 06:04:15
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Dean Acheson: The Ultimate 'Mod' icon
a bump for this thread!
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#7 2010-07-01 06:14:07
- Chris_H
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#8 2010-07-01 06:33:19
- Harpo
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Re: Dean Acheson: The Ultimate 'Mod' icon
I have a pair Spiro Agnew's underpants, if that's any good?
Randy lower-class trifler
#9 2010-07-01 06:41:02
- Chris_H
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Re: Dean Acheson: The Ultimate 'Mod' icon
^ Brooks Brothers tie-backs I hope
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