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During the years of his captivity, his uneasy jailers had moved him from prison to prison to mislead possible rescuers. He was guarded by a cordon of political policemen, policewomen, police dogs and, lately, Russian tanks. During those years, the Communists strove with all their might to destroy the faith of Eastern Europe's 60 million Catholics. As Mindszenty went free, their failure was obvious to the world: the Church of Silence now spoke out with undimmed vigor...
Adlai stood gingerly on the temporary stand and said, "The only thing as shaky as this is the Republican platform." He thanked the crowd for its hospitality and atempted to reach his car behind a cordon of state troopers, as party workers screamed, "Foster: What happened to Furcolo...
...administrative posts to qualified Moslems. At ceremonies celebrating the eleventh anniversary of V-E Day, hostile Algerian French crowds booed, hurled tomatoes and stones as Lacoste laid a wreath on the war memorial. "Lacoste, resign! Put the army in power!" they chanted. Lacoste hustled past the police cordon, stopped before one shouting Frenchman and demanded: "Have you ever fought a war?" The man said no. Snapped Lacoste: "Well, I fought in two. If you want to give lessons in patriotism, get up into the mountains." Lacoste turned to the others: "You're all nothing but a bunch of sidewalk...
...from the plane at London's airport, doffing a broad-brimmed grey fedora and waving an amiable hand, Malenkov was plainly ready to charm the masses. Thanks to the Yard, there were no masses present, but Georgy made up for their lack by pumping the hands of a cordon of British dignitaries and aiming a volley of telling smiles into the distant lenses of a battery of news photographers. At last, safely ensconced in the sleek, black Russian embassy limousine, he leaped out twice to shake some overlooked hands...
...Jail. While Deputies passionately talked, word spread among the thousands of Algerians in the slums of Paris: strike on Friday. Paris woke up to find scores of little cafés closed and many local industries, including the Citroen plant, crippled for lack of workers. Police strengthened their cordon around the Chamber of Deputies, while the garde mobile (riot police) set up strongpoints all over Paris. By 1 p.m. thousands of Algerians had gathered at the Moslem mosque near the Gare d'Austerlitz. At 3 p.m. they formed themselves into a straggling parade led by a girl dressed...