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...platform unequivocally promised continuation of the bipartisan foreign policy. Republicans would "encourage" unity in western Europe; they believed in "collective security against aggression"; they would support U.N.; they "welcomed Israel into the family of nations"; they would "cherish" friendship with China; and "relentlessly pursue our aims for the universal limitation and control of arms and implements of war on a basis of reliable discipline against bad faith...
...Dillon, the Minister of Agriculture and a grand one with a ringing phrase, told why Eire could do no less: "We will never ask [the British] to feed on canned horse ... It is one of the destinies reserved by God for the Irish to chasten the British-and to cherish them in their hour of adversity...
...Epsom Downs, for the second straight year, a French horse won the English Derby, the race that Britons cherish above all others. One of the largest crowds in racing history (an estimated 700,000 people*), saw My Love carry home the chocolate & chartreuse silks of the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of millions of Ismailite Moslems, ahead of the largest Derby field (32) in 86 years. Bubbled the fabulously rich, rotund Aga Khan, who had bought a half-interest in the horse only a few weeks ago: "I am delighted." Said one Frenchman, who came over for the race by boat...
Sadie's reputation as a quiz queen has little relation to her general or specific knowledge. When she doesn't know the answer (which is most of the time) she glibly ad-libs anything that pops into her head. Quizmasters, who hate and fear "dead air," cherish her gift of gab."What's a Capulet?" Felton asked her recently. "Someone with a small size cap," was Sadie's assured reply. Felton: "What great events occurred between 1860 and 1870?" Sadie: "Terrible things. They had a centennial. Things was terrible. McKinley, Buchanan and Lincoln all was killed...
What is called the new democracy is making its appearance today - it has come to Czechoslovakia - but it is a state of things which in ancient days we used to call slavery. If a halt is not called, then the end of civilization as we know it and cherish it is inevitable...