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There was one space left on the Lake Como ferry at Gravedona, Italy, and a little blue Fiat slipped into it. But that left the vacationing Sheik of Kuwait in an awkward fix: his three-car caravan (including one blue Cadillac, one black Cadillac) was only two-thirds afloat. No smalltime bey-decker, His Highness Sir Abdullah as Salim as Sabah quickly offered the ferryboat captain $16 to unload the latecomer and make room for the royal limousine. The Milanese tourist in the Fiat bid $32 to preserve the status quo. The Sheik bid $160. The Italian raised...
...shall the centuries drift, trailing like a caravan...
Symbolism & Savvy. At De Gaulle's next stop, Brazzaville in Equatorial Africa, swarms of laughing, cheering Africans all but inundated the official caravan as the general drove from the airport to the house that was built for him during the dark years of World War II when Brazzaville was the "capital" of Free France...
...Beirut rounded the turn. In it. were Fayet Esrouer and his pregnant wife, their five-year-old daughter and three relatives. The father was rushing his wife from Beit Méri to a hospital in Beirut, to give birth to her fifth child. Hearing the honking ministerial caravan and the siren of its motorcycle escort, Esrouer excitedly decided to pass the disabled Ford before pulling over to let the motorcade pass him. On the hilltop the confused assassin reached for the plunger a trifle too soon...
...When the caravan stopped 100 miles away before an aging villa in Dresden, Topping, as a "guest," was allowed to lead the way inside, came suddenly face to face with the nine American prisoners. Some were dressed, some were in underwear, and all were obviously startled to find they had visitors. Before any loaded question could be asked or rash answer given, Topping quickly dug his Defense Department credentials card from his hip pocket, flashed it before the eyes of his suspicious compatriots and said: "Topping, Associated Press. May I see your senior officer?" Out of the group stepped Major...