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...Clad in a simple khaki uniform without insignia, China's Commander in Chief and President rose to his feet from a sofa in the corner of the room. Slowly, without show of emotion, he made the announcement that all had expected: he would leave Nanking and go to his native home. Then in his choppy Ningpo accent he read from a formal statement: "With the hope that hostilities may be brought to an end and the people's suffering relieved, I have decided to retire...
Fifteen minutes after a rosy sun lifted over the pastures of Normandy, khaki-clad U.S. and British troops began to pour ashore-the British on the left near Havre, the Americans on the right near Cherbourg...
...Prince Charles arrived at London's Royal Albert Hall for a gala charity rock concert featuring, among others, Drummer Charlie Watts of the ever scruffy Rolling Stones, along with Singer Steve Winwood and Guitarist Eric Clapton. Not to listen to Satisfaction, perhaps, but the svelte, silver-clad Di might have wanted to use the stoppers elsewhere. For weeks, curious Britons have been chattering about whether the Princess is pregnant again. London's tabloid Daily Mirror reported that the Princess had announced her happy condition at a family dinner in Balmoral Castle. But Buckingham Palace has maintained a proper...
...Harvard has proved to be the exception to Mayman's lifestyle, and after 10 years, she can still be found in her small one-room office in Agassiz House, working on broadening the Harvard community's access to the arts. And while the chicly clad Mayman readily admits that she may not want to stay at Harvard permanently, she gives no hints of her imminent departure. She promises, moreover, to ensure that her charge will thrive "as long as students come to Harvard interested in the arts...
...casual and easygoing." At some of the fancier coed clubs, the appeal is strongly sexual, and less serious members spend more time cruising poolside or matching sweatbands with leg warmers than they do working out. The laid-back atmosphere of the clubs and the sheer physicality of sleek, scantily clad bodies in close proximity make meetings less artificial. "At the club, you can start a conversation naturally," says Art Kratkiewicz, 26, a Houston banker and member of the Texas Club. "It's not like going up to someone in a bar and asking them what sign they are." Notes...