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...book include Hungarian-born Arminius Vambery, who disguised himself as a dervish in 1863 and traveled for ten months through Central Asia; American Januarius MacGahan, the special correspondent of the New York Herald, who dodged both Cossacks and Turkoman cavalry in his daring 1873 coverage of the Russian conquest of Khiva; Irishman Edmund O'Donovan, representing the London Daily News, who was simultaneously held prisoner and elected prince by the Tekke tribesmen of desolate Merv. Said O'Donovan: "It is well worth while to have lived among the Tekkes to know the ecstatic delight of parting company with...
...soul is as spotless as her nylon underwear is sure to be. Carl Dickson, a young ad man with thoughts that seem old for his age, has decided to marry Joan because, at 26, he is already suffering from the roué's punishment: boredom with compulsive conquest, disgust with predictable passion...
...years now, echoes have come across the lost horizon from remote Tibet that the Chinese Communists were having trouble digesting their 1950 conquest. Many of the reports of revolt and fighting came from refugees who in their excitement did not have all the facts straight, and when the details collapsed, so did the reports. But in 1957 Peking itself confirmed that all was not well: faced with passive opposition from Tibet's powerful Buddhist lamas and landlords, the Reds announced postponement of Communist "reforms" in Tibet for another six years...
...consolation title, Davis eliminated Navy's fourth man, John Harmuth, in the semifinals, and he also defeated number five Midshipman John Lattimer in the championship tournament. These losses along with Wally Stimpson's consolation conquest of Navy captain Tony LaSalla, would seem to give strength to the feeling that Navy is vastly less effective away from its steamy, noisy, cramped courts...
...press, no less than to the U.S. State Department, the uninvited guest from Moscow posed a real dilemma. Behind the little black mustache of Anastas I. Mikoyan, Soviet First Deputy Premier, resided two men. One-the official emissary of a state dedicated to world conquest-was well concealed by the other: a good-will salesman, radiating charm, beaming his subtle pitch directly at the people, and possessing the built-in news value of a mysterious visitor from a mysterious land. The dilemma was: How to report on the fascinating, amiable salesman while keeping a clear eye on the suspicious nature...