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...frantic sell-off on the London Stock Exchange was even bigger (6.4%) than the famous one in 1938, just before Hitler delivered his ultimatum to Czechoslovakia (5.4%). From amidst the rubble, Stock Exchange Chairman Lord Ritchie advised small investors "to put their heads down and let the wind blow over them...
...best poems, "The Idea of Order at Key West," Stevens wrote of watching a girl on the beach amidst "the meaningless plungings of water and the wind...
...Architect Faints. The new cathedral has been raised to forgiveness and the unity of man-amidst continuous discord...
...Gaulle has maintained a position of honor in his struggle against the O.A.S., yesterday he betrayed it. His offer to trade the life of General Jouhaud for a cessation of terror in Algeria belies his role as the protector of justice and discipline amidst bitter hatreds and conflicting allegiances. Moreover, this desperate attempt to gain peace has no chance of success...
After the long, perilous winter, spring finally arrived in West Berlin last week. Billowing sails dotted the placid Wannsee; plump matrons nibbled pastry in the sun at open-air cafés along the broad Kurfürstendamm; amidst budding willows in the Grunewald forest, lovers strolled. Even the Russians were infected with spring fever: at the Soviet war memorial just inside WTest Berlin near the Brandenburg Gate, the two old T-34 tanks on permanent display were given a coat of bright green paint by a crew of Red army soldiers...