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...mourning clothes of unbleached cotton. For 13 days no Nepalese would take salt, eat more than one meal a day, or sleep on anything but straw. As the flames licked at the royal cadaver, thousands of Nepalese set up a mournful wail. But King Mahendra was not present; Nepalese custom demanded that he alone of all his late father's subjects must show no grief...
...scowling at each damaged tile through his steel-rimmed glasses, he had a more immediate project in mind. For designing the church (without fee), French Architect Robert Erell, a Protestant, was awarded the Order of St. Sylvester by the Pope. This, according to Bureth, entitles Erell by ancient 'custom to enter St. Anne's Church on horseback. Showman Bureth is arranging to have the architect ride into church astride a horse just before the Canoemen's Mass on Whitsunday...
...understand the true basis of academic freedom. It is not, as Philosopher Sidney Hook insists, a gift from the community, nor is it justified simply because it benefits society. "Academic freedom, in short, belongs to that category of rights called 'natural rights,' and is expressed in custom, not in statute." Plato's Academy "was not founded by the community, nor did it owe its primary allegiance to the community. It was instituted by private persons ... to enable them to pursue the Truth without being servants of an evanescent community. And this idea of intellectual freedom, the freedom...
...which I would like to add a footnote supplied by Keith Wheeler, our Middle East correspondent. Wheeler was dining with KING SAUD of Saudi Arabia the night the King got the news that the treaty had been signed. Cabled Wheeler on the King's reaction: "It is his custom to have an official crier call out the latest news bulletins during meals. The treaty news was bad news for the Arabs. It came between the turkey with green beans and the steak with truffles. The King took all in his stride, however, returning to his steak after only...
Federal intervention of cities and provinces is an old Argentine custom, practiced by several Presidents before Perón, and recognized by the nation's constitution. But Perón had not intervened an entire province for seven years, and Argentines assumed that he must have urgent reasons for the crackdown. According to stories floating about Buenos Aires, Perónista officials in the three provinces had gone in heavily for nepotism and graft, but last week Minister Borlenghi tried to dispel such unpleasant talk. "I want to make it clear," he said, "that none of the charges have...