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...noon of Sunday, the 6th of July, the fiesta exploded .,. . It kept up day and night for seven days. The dancing kept up, the drinking kept up, the noise went on." Thus, in 1926 in The Sun Also Rises, did a young Ernest Hemingway describe the Feria de San Fermin, the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This month his widow Mary made a sentimental journey to Pamplona to witness the unveiling of a monument to Papa, erected by the citizens in gratitude for his interest in their fiesta. Standing on the newly named Paseo de Hemingway, Mary thanked...
...July 6th, the ice had become too soft for further travel, so the Expedition settled down for a 13-week summer rest. By this time the ocean currents had produced favorable ice drifting, sometimes ten miles a day toward the Pole. Yet at 83 North and 165 West, they are still 170 miles short of the spot on the International Date Line where they had originally planned to set up camp...
...International Afro-American Museum, organized by Dr. Charles H. Wright, a black gynecologist, is a trailer that tours schools. Among its exhibits: African statues from the collection of G. Mennen Williams, a clay model of the 14th century West African metropolis of Timbuctoo, and exhibits on the ancient (6th century) Zimbabwe civilization in Rhodesia...
...Khmer rhythms. The bell tones of her name signify "Goddess of Flowers," and certainly Princess Bopha Devi, 25, eldest daughter of Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk, looks as serene and elegant as the white frangipani blossoms that she usually scatters through her hair. Now she was wearing the 6th century headdress, valued at $200,000, that marks her position as prima ballerina in Cambodia's Royal Ballet. It is a 2,000-year-old tradition that the leading dancer be the daughter of the king-and though Sihanouk has renounced his royal title, Princess Devi is prima...
...money so you could come in here and tells us about," the councillor pauses for emphasis, "WIN-sor Street." Heavy traffic on Windsor was Vellucci's opener last Monday, but the councillor soon moved on to other favorites--a stop sign at 4th and Hurley, a traffic light at 6th and Gore. After a while Vellucci got tired and said "I have a big long list, but I'll save it for another night when we'll make you the big star here." Rudolph was lucky that time; only one other councillor quizzed him about traffic problems. Sometimes every...