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...subsidized, where any peasant can get seven acres of fertile ground from the government for the asking. Outright rebellion flared in the predominantly Catholic province of Nghean (TIME, Nov. 26), and China's Premier Chou En-lai paid a hurried trip to Hanoi, obviously on a troubleshooting errand like the Russians' trips to Warsaw and Budapest at about the same time. To the Central Committee, Truong confessed "many mistakes and shortcomings committed with disastrous effects." and was downgraded to vice chairman of the reparations campaign...
...passenger, said Bush, turned out to be a British travel agent, based in Bangkok, by the name of Mike Sullivan. Pilot Bush and his new friend continued in time-tested fashion: they met a "beautiful Chinese girl" in a Hong Kong restaurant, and she begged them to undertake an "errand of mercy" to save the boy, who was being held as a hostage by the Chinese Communists. The two men took a four-hour boat ride across the Pearl
...original trustees of the bells. Either the present Quasimodos of Lowell House must go to these learned men for lessons, or one of the brothers must be persuaded to leave his peaceful retreat. If the monks are made to realize that the mission will constitute an errand of mercy to thousands, we know that they will consent. We could not face life if they refused...
Webster asked Littlefield to do another errand the next day, to go over to the hospital and fetch a pint or so of blood for an experiment. This was a strange request, Littlefield thought, for the professor had never previously needed blood in his experiments. It was not the first strange request Webster had made of him that week. On Monday he had asked several questions about the construction of the vaults under the building, where remains from the dissecting rooms were placed. He wanted to know how the river-tide got into the vaults, or whether it was possible...
Under these compelling terms, the job of leading the Senate Republicans is not one for a wire-pulling maneuverer, an obstructionist or, in the proud U.S. Senate, a White House errand...