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Later the Kings reviewed Ibn Saud's bodyguard of Wahabis ("Puritan" Moslems), who wear their hair braided and march in sweeping, dun-colored abaat (gowns). Then the monarchs sat down to a banquet in the sumptuous Hejaz style. The great table groaned under the weight of sweetmeats and whole barbecued sheep. In high good humor, Ibn Saud told brave tales of his youth. For hours the feasting continued, while the Wahabis made the night ring with martial songs and poems flattering the royal Egyptian guest...
...13th Year. The Right Rev. Angus Dun, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, prayed: Almighty God, for the sake of this people, and of all peoples, lift those who bear authority among us above the claims of class. . . . Make them in truth the resolute servants of the common good. Neat, grey Harry Truman, onetime Senator from Missouri, stepped forward and took the oath as Vice President...
...argument that political bigwigs are built by publicity, that they could create a tycoon in their own business out of thin air. They spent $4 on letterheads, sent publicity releases to newspapers and magazines, invented companies and clubs for Keating to address. When the American Newspaper Publishers Association and Dun & Bradstreet Inc. requested financial statements, Authors Hill and Eckels decided the hoax had gone far enough...
That night, from Hyde Park, he closed his campaign with a prayer written for him by the Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C. "Almighty God ... we commend to Thy overruling Providence the men and women of our forces. ... Be Thou their strength. . . . Guide . . . the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth and establish among them that peace which is the reward of righteousness. . . . Make the whole people of this land equal to our high trust, reverent in the use of freedom, just in the exercise of power, generous in the protection of weakness...
...Office of Civilian Requirements, headless and neglected since shy, gnome-like Arthur Dare Whiteside went back to run Dun & Bradstreet three months ago, last week got a new boss and a vigorous new policy. Off went the lid which WPB clamped down six weeks ago on any sizable increase in manufacturing civilian goods...