Word: companionship
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Even in darkest Congo, female companionship can help to lighten the surrounding gloom. The Congo's harried leaders last week could be grateful for two comely women flitting happily around the candle of fame...
Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba found soothing companionship in 24-year-old Elyane Vermeirsch, auburn-haired daughter of a Belgian art dealer whom Lumumba first met in Brussels seven months ago. Spotting her at a London press conference fortnight ago, Lumumba invited Elyane to join his transatlantic turbojet as "interpreter, secretary and adviser" for his ten-day trip to the U.S. and Canada. "What girl would not have taken the opportunity?" she breathed. "I just love to travel...
Theodore C. Link, a husky, gentle-voiced man of 55, has spent much of his life in companionship with violence. As a combat marine during World War II, he fought through the landings on Guadalcanal, Guam and Bougainville. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's tough, tireless crime reporter for 20 years, Ted Link has coolly padded through the back alleys of the underworld, has probably written more about crime than any other U.S. newsman. Last week, as usual, violence was Reporter Ted Link's companion. This time, it was his own doing...
Feisal, believing Saudi Arabia unready for any change so drastic, found himself unexpectedly maneuvered into the company of reactionaries. While the king sipped coffee in his air-conditioned palace with the liberals, and as father of a nation continued to enjoy the companionship of four women daily (one just before morning prayer, one after lunch, one in early evening, one for the night). Premier Feisal had to placate fanatical religious leaders who exploded in fury at every mention of reform. Even the most progressive of his brother princes think no good can come of introducing democracy right now, and fear...
Danger is Stirling Moss's obsession. In his long companionship with peril he has driven a racing car with one leg in a plaster cast. He has sped around curves while nearly blinded by glass fragments in his eyes. His crash helmet has been dented by a rival's car hurtling just over his head. And it is mostly because of his fascination with danger that Britain's Moss, 30, is by common consent the world's fastest driver...