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Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, news of the exhibition began to spread and American entries poured in. The show adopted as its emblem the Pine Tree Flag of the American Revolution-a symbol of the "new spirit...
...rained at all this year, and in 1962 only six inches of rain fell, the lowest record in memory. "In La Laguna," goes the expression, "it doesn't rain water, it rains dust." Last month, 30 blue-painted trucks with the federal government's CONASUPO relief agency emblem arrived to start distributing food. CONASUPO used to operate only in Mexico City. But now, says La Laguna operations director Gilberto Martinez, "there's more suffering here than in Mexico City. There are cases of children getting no meals...
...Squeak Emblem. Built by the Spanish and captured by Admiral Dewey, the ship looks more like a gingerbread house on a raft than a U.S. gunboat. She does not even have a full U.S. crew. Over the years, Chinese coolies in search of "squeeze" have slowly taken over all the work aboard-first the dirtiest jobs which no American sailor wanted to do, finally everything from cooking and laundry to electrical wiring and engine-room repair. By the time Jake Holman arrives, only the guns are reserved for U.S. control...
Thus manned (and unmanned), the pip-squeak emblem of U.S. power "shows the flag" along the muddy rivers of Hunan province. Her engine is creaky, her biggest weapon is a tiny three-pounder, but her brass is always shined to a fare-thee-well because a dirty ship means losing face with the local warlords. The zealous captain preaches to the crew on the majesty of what they and the ship represent. Without being aware of it themselves, his men are inwardly nourished by faith in their symbolic superiority. Without any particular malice either, they take for granted that...
...saccharin upriver to Changsha and Wuhan. His boldest act was his escape to Hong Kong. He stole a government seal, used it to stamp a letter "authorizing" him to requisition a Land Rover from a PSB motor pool. He drove to the Hong Kong border, and the PSB emblem on the car was as good as a pass-Red Chinese soldiers waved him by roadblocks...