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...nations have been struggling along for many years-little San Marino smack in the middle of Italy, Haiti and the Dominican Republic-and there is not much hope that their situation will improve. On the other hand, a minuscule country like Switzerland, divided into several parts by language and custom, is proof that some fairly difficult obstacles to nationhood can be surmounted...
...Wortley was named ambassador to the court of the Sultan. In her celebrated "embassy letters" from Turkey, Lady Mary wrote about everything from royalty to rest rooms, and was particularly happy to find that the custom of the veils reduced "danger of Discovery" and made "the number of faithfull wives very small...
Rouben Ter-Arutunian's settings help immensely in Gielgud's staging of group scenes. The first-act outdoor set uses the depth of the Shubert stage with four planes of trees, but keeps the acting area forward and close to the audience, opening the stage more than is the custom in the conventional Chekhov...
...their societies; face the population problem squarely and realistically; create the climate that will attract foreign investment and keep local money at home." In the past, recipients had only to agree with these criteria. Henceforth, they will have to show "solid evidence" of meeting them. The new policy seems custom-tailored by the chief of the Agency for International Development, David Bell, whose reputation as a tough, able administrator was borne out by his performance last week as the Administration's chief foreign aid advocate...
...President Hubert Humphrey, Soviet Premier Kosygin and scores of other foreign dignitaries watched, the priests sprinkled Shastri with rose petals and stacked sandalwood logs across his white-shrouded body. A torch of thin twigs was handed to Shastri's eldest son, 32-year-old Hari Krishnan. According to custom, he walked three times around his father's body, then put the flame to the pyre. Priests poured on ghee and incense. Within seconds, the flames erupted, illuminating the wisp of white under the logs. Soon all was ashes...