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Papagos, at 68, is Greece's No. 1 military hero (he beat the Italians in 1940), an ardent royalist and disciplinarian. But for the past six months the hawk-nosed commander's loyalty to King Paul has tangled with his belief in military discipline. Trouble started over a crony of the King's, one Aristides Metaxas,* a suave, impeccably dressed political aide. A military court had passed a death sentence on a Communist collaborator, a wealthy merchant who donated money to the Reds. The collaborator's relatives asked Metaxas to intervene. Soon thereafter the King commuted...
Take one distant century-say the 16th-and take it seriously. Add one princely husband, admiring and dull; one bride, beautiful and devout; one young lover, handsome and ardent. Stir the ingredients in a batter of love-at-first-sight and courtly ceremony; cook over a slow fire of virtue, grief and remorse; then sprinkle with fragments of broken hearts. This basic recipe for romance or rubbish is served up cold in Madame de Lafayette's Princess of Cleves...
...money, Mickey Mouse is really the only true art that has come out of Hollywood," said Maurice Evans during a radio discussion with Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt, in turn, recalled another ardent admirer: "My husband always loved Mickey Mouse and we always had to have it in the White House...
...Preacher would be running Memorial Church and hence would have to be ordained minister. And an ordained minister is almost by definition an ardent advocate of his own religion, or even his own particular sect. He is sort of vested interest. The very title "Preacher" seems to indicate that he would come before his students, not as a scholar communicating his knowledge of religious experience, but as a representative of a particular religion, at least slightly interested in persuading them to embrace his faith. To the extent that he was a missionary for his faith, the Preacher would be compromising...
What Are the Chances? Even its most ardent advocates do not contend that a sales tax could ever be a substitute for income or other taxes. But as a relatively painless revenue producer in inflationary times, it cannot be beaten...