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...Helmut marries the heiress, though he and his bride aspire only to sexual bliss with Conrad. Conrad himself mercy awaits the chance to murder the heiress and her parents, to propel him openly into prominence and wealth as savior of the Ornstein dynasty. Barbarian blood, as the old historical axiom goes, refreshes the withered, in-bred stock of effete aristocrats. In fairy-tale fashion, all who have survived live happily ever after...
...Oldest Axiom...
...takes no extraordinary fund of political cynicism to know that the President's trip is also geared to the American congressional campaigns. An axiom of U.S. politics dictates that Presidents enhance their party's chances in such an election by asserting their leadership with a maximum of panoply and publicity. For no compelling diplomatic reasons, Nixon will stop in Rome to see Italian President Giuseppe Saragat and Pope Paul, and will later visit Ireland. He and Pat, after all, are of Irish blood. That makes two out of the three traditional ethnic I's-Italy, Ireland...
...ceremonial meeting of the BIS (Bank for International Settlements), emboldened by the near collapse of the U.S. stock market, imperiously insist on an American "controls" policy, already imposed, under pressure from U.S. financiers, in France and Britain. Dozens of liberal congressmen recite the "wage and price control" axiom, although most don't own the foggiest notion of the what and why of "controls." They aim to convince, at least themselves, that the recent stock market plunge concident with an accelerating strike wave has not left them politically paralyzed...
...axiom holds that there are no atheists in foxholes, and according to Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, chairman-designate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the same is true of headquarters and even the Pentagon. Defending the service academies' compulsory chapel attendance requirement before a U.S. district court, Moorer testified: "I don't think you will find a total atheist who has reached the peak of leadership in the armed forces...