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...this news the marquis paled, objected feebly that the U.S. embassy (Chilean-born Cuevas is a U.S. citizen and married to a Rockefeller heiress) and the French police were both opposed to the duel. Le Pen, who habitually carries a revolver and a dagger to protect himself from Algerian terrorists and other menacing elements, replied icily: "Surely, you do not wish to engage a French officer and a Deputy in an affair of honor which will degenerate into a farce...
...home state of Connecticut, John Alsop carries some impressive credentials. He belongs to an old Avon (Conn.) family, went to exclusive Groton and Yale ('37), served overseas in the cloak-and-dagger OSS in World War II, steadily climbed the promotion ladder in Hartford's Mutual Insurance Co. from field inspector ('46) to president ('53), twice won election to the Connecticut General Assembly (1947 and 1949), and won friends among Eisenhower Republicans as a Connecticut Yankee for Ike in both...
...campaigner from Venice, proves that there is a lot more to it than its pop-concert Dance of the Hours. Mellow-voiced Soprano Cerquetti gives a superb performance as "the joyous female" of the title role who loses her blind mother and her lover before she plunges a dagger in her heart. Tenor del Monaco sings so gustily that he conceals the fact his Grimaldo is the most hagridden hero in opera...
Last week the British moved on the diplomatic front to secure the two pivots of the new command. Into London, with a jeweled dagger in his belt, flew Seif el Islam Mohammed el Badr, 28-year-old Crown Prince of Yemen, the feudal Arab kingdom that borders on the Aden protectorate. With his aged father ailing, the bearded young prince now rules the country. Last year he negotiated in Moscow for shipments of Soviet arms, but recently has shown signs of nervousness over Soviet penetration. The British hoped to persuade him to help restore peace on the Aden-Yemen border...
...that area have either been completely misunderstood or understood all too well. Syria is convinced rightly or wrongly that the U.S. is supporting counter-revolutionary elements infiltrating the country in the hope of seizing power. If this concept is correct, and America is really engaging in melodramatic cloak-and-dagger activities, it is a sign of an unimaginative diplomacy and an imperialistic attitude. Neither are worthy of our State Department...