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Dyaks unload their sleeping mats and haversacks from the trucks. Around each man's waist was slung the parang with which his forefathers had chopped off enemy heads before the British stamped the custom out. Knots of hair hung from many hilts, but the main decoration consisted of tassels of pheasant feathers dangling from their sheaths. Charms made of wild boar or crocodile teeth hung from their waists. Some displayed intricate patterns tattooed on throat and chest; a few sported Hollywood-style sunglasses. The headman of the group, one Jabu, unsheathed his parang. "It's more than...
Making his first official call on India's new Governor General Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Soviet Ambassador Kirill Novikov* addressed "Rajaji" as "Your Excellency." When the Governor General expressed surprise at his use of the title, Novikov explained:"We dropped the custom after the Revolution, but later felt that it had been a mistake."† "What?" Rajaji inquired sweetly. "The Revolution...
...confused with former Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Nikolai V. Novikov. † Having restored the use of titles in all the branches of government service, Moscow reverted to another good old czarist custom last week by instituting "special forms of clothing," rank insignia and personal titles for officers of financial and banking institutions. Top rank: General State Counselor of Financial Service...
Some didn't like the fact that Mrs. Starr continued the local custom of demanding down payments from patients (except in emergency cases), and she has received some threatening letters. Says she: "I can't afford to run a charity hospital ... If I started supporting the indigent Negroes of this town, it wouldn't be long before someone would have to support...
...Harry Truman: "When I was asked to appear here today, I began to think of my childhood and the celebrations of the Fourth of July. It was always customary in those days to read the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. . .We don't follow that custom any more, [but] I hope that everyone of you, some time today, will read that document once more...