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...Argentine had thought that such a thing could happen in his country, said La Nation. "Nevertheless, we find ourselves confronted with a fait accompli. A great voice has been silenced. But its echo will continue vibrating in the hearts of all those who love liberty." Though the authorities might take over La Prensa's assets, they could never acquire "its intellectual prestige, its public confidence . . . We must believe that the independent truth and devotion to the national interest which always distinguished La Prensa of yesterday will return again to be respected and blessed in La Prensa of tomorrow...
...thirty-eighth parallel before receiving U.N. authorization. A final push to the Yalu River, which would have put American troops right on the border, was an ill-advised move at a time when Chinese Communists were on their way to the U.N. They would have been faced with a fait accompli had they held back their troops, and their bargaining position would have been badly weakened. Therefore they launched an offensive, which so far shows little sign of slowing down...
...that Communism seeks peace." This week 150,000 Paix et Liberté posters will go up all over France; on them Picasso's dove, featured in the Communist Stockholm petition, has been painted bright red. Under it are the words: "La colombe qui fait bourn!" (The dove that goes boom!). From the red bird's mouth dangles the olive branch, but its feet are the treads of a tank and its wings sprout guns...
...when Leo [Durocher] the Lip dashes onto the field to claim "Somebody done me wrong!"-or "On me fait tort!"-he is likewise raising the clameur, which is still known on the sport pages and the radio by a vestige of the original phrase: it's a "Hay Rube Bob !"-or a "Rhubarb...
Last week when the waterworks men came to start their digging, Tom was ready for them. As the first shovel bit the dirt, Tom Hugo strode from his house, fell on his knees and cried: "Haro! Haro! Haro! à l'aide, mon Prince, on me fait tort!" (Help, my prince, I am being wronged). Then he recited the Lord's Prayer in French. Without a word, the workmen picked up their tools...