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...time Macmillan finished, the House was prepared to acquit him of personal dishonesty and moral turpitude, but he had convicted himself of negligence and naivete-or perhaps simply of a fatal ability to avert his eyes from what he did not wish to see. In the vote following the debate, 27 Conservatives voted against Macmillan or abstained. On all sides there were cries of "Resign, resign," and this is what Macmillan will almost certainly have to do-the only remaining question being when...
...Schlosshotel Kronberg, ten miles outside Frankfurt, was built in the late 19th century by Empress Victoria of Germany. "Nothing should avert the eye," she instructed the architect, and nothing does. Surrounded by an extensive park through which an 18-hole golf course now meanders, the castle holds the empress' extensive library and art collection. Guests can scrawl postcards at Emperor Frederick Ill's personal desk. The hotel beds 60 at prices ranging from $16 a day to $45 (for a suite...
...Minister had shared a call girl with a Soviet agent, why was nothing done to break up a liaison that might expose him to Russian blackmail? Was Macmillan told? If so, had the government encouraged Profumo to lie about his dalliance with Christine Kee ler solely in order to avert a damaging scandal...
India, however, still adheres to the ancient beliefs. A year ago its population braced itself for the destruction of the world which was predicted from the conjunction of eight celestial bodies. Fortunately, the accurate prediction of the event gave the people a chance to avert disaster: "The world was not demolished," explained Pingree with a smile, "because they prayed enough...
Died. Oskar Helmer, 75, Austrian patriot and former Interior Minister (from 1945 to 1959) a courageous pro-Western Socialist who firmly purged the police and security forces of Communist agents during the post-World War II occupation, thereby helping to avert a Czechoslovakia-style Red takeover of the country; of cancer; in Vienna...