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...Dead. The revolt, largely military, failed because its officer leaders did not arm civilians. Now the civilians, aghast at the blood bath which followed, were taking .belated part. The country seethed with hatred for Martinez. Rich and poor all loathed and feared him. The people were on strike. They refused to buy Government lottery tickets, go to Government movie theaters. Druggists, doctors, lawyers, justices of the peace, hundreds of Government employes declined to work. Railroad workers struck. The schools, the National University were closed; both students and staff stayed away. Priests supported the movement. A mass for the souls...
Britons who rate among life's necessities the hot, soaking bath complete with whisk, sponge and loofah got a jolt last week. It came from testy, aging (78) Viscount Maugham, elder brother of Novelist W. Somerset Maugham. Said the Viscount, during a House of Lords debate on water shortage: "As pleasant as it is to have a daily bath, it is not really necessary to health. Many lads who came back from Africa had not had a bath in three months and they will tell you they were none the worse. A bath very largely is a luxury...
...Fifteen hundred American M.P.s were on duty to handle traffic, crime, tipsy soldiers. Two streams of human traffic-Americans, English, Scots, Canadians, French, Poles, Italians, and striped-bath-robed Goumiers-flowed up & down the sidewalks into Via Roma...
...ultraviolet radiation system for theaters, offering the double advantage of making fluorescent-coated aisles and seats visible and giving the audience an ultraviolet bath...
...Order of the Bath was established by Henry IV at his coronation in 1399, was later forgotten, was revived by George I in 1725. It is doubtful whether the ceremony had any connection with the actual ablutions of the monarch...