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...crowds to screaming, "Up Dev! Up the Republic!" For one thing, he had insisted on tying to the presidential election "the Issue"-doing away with proportional representation, which, while giving minorities a voice in the Dail, tends to keep alive old animosities that should have long since become ancient history. "Get rid of the intrigous P.R.!" cried a member of Dev's Fianna Fail (Party of Destiny). "De Valera and Fianna Fail want dictatorship!" retorted the opposition Fine Gael (United Ireland) Party. But it was hardly the sort of issue to stir the hearts of a people...
...child of terror, and responding to genuine pressure from the Yemeni population for an end to feudal tyranny, Prince Badr at once set about winning the Imamate in an unheard-of way: enlisting popular support. He began unprecedented weekly talks to the worshipers in Taiz's ancient Muzaffariya mosque, paid a surprise visit to an army barracks and ordered a 25% pay raise and free medical care for all soldiers. But before Badr could say "Reform," disgruntled troops mutinied in Sana, declaring that the local governor had pocketed the payroll. In a surprising show of initiative, Badr rushed...
Some of the products of charlatans have an ancient history. A turn-of-the-century fashion in ample bosoms produced "Bust-O-Fill"; the current bosom-conscious fad has resulted in "Kurv-On," "La Contour" and "Charm-On," which, says the Food and Drug Administration, "have about the same effect on the development or structure of the female breast as Smith Brothers cough drops." The "magic detector" of Dr. Albert Abrams, a roaring success in the '20s, popped up again last year in San Francisco. The detector enabled Dr. Abrams to "tune in on the electric vibration coming from...
Edith Hamilton, educator, author, modern interpreter of the ancient Greek world........................................................................................ Litt.D...
...midst of a booming technological age, ancient crafts have managed not only to survive, but actually flourish. A prime example is France's centuries-old weaving industry, which was revitalized by a handful of dedicated artists headed by Jean Lurcat and Marcel Gromaire during the grim days of the World War II German occupation. Working in Aubusson close to the looms, and designing sketches in some 50 colors (v. 1,440 tones used by 19th century weavers), modern French tapestry designers have made the old craft into a contemporary medium...