B.I.E.

������’s more, the critics failed to realize the upside to Mr. Moses’ diplomatic blunder with the B.I.E. — one that gave the World’s Fair its most lasting significance.

The rabble rousing on the celebrity cocktail circuit has brought thousands of protest letters from around the world pouring into the B.I.E.'s Paris office.

According to B.I.E. ground rules, no nation may participate in more than one fair in a single country within a ten-year period.

B.I.E.'s blessing has already been bestowed upon Seattle's Century 21 Exposition, which opens in April, a ruling that automatically leaves New York without official representation from European governments.

But Grover Whalen, in 1939, faced limited B.I.E. participation, still ended up with some handsome European pavilions.