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...first wedding in the Queen's immediate family since 1960-when Princess Margaret married another commoner, Antony Armstrong-Jones -commemorative stamps were issued and commemorative medallions struck. Britain showed the loving couple in a tooth-studded closeup (3½p. and 20p.). Stamps issued for such far-flung corners of the Commonwealth as Aitutaki and the Pitcairn Islands displayed Anne and Mark with heads touching and happiness, as one newspaper put it, "welling from their smiles and expressions." For the occasion, the Courage Ltd. brewery issued a "royal wedding ale"-light in color, but extra strong...
...choice areas of Asia (including parts of Mongolia, Manchuria and Japan) fell under Soviet domination. In some of these countries, genuine socialist revolutions may have taken place, albeit with the assistance of the powerful Soviet military machine. The eventual result, however, was the establishment, by 1948, of a far-flung Soviet sphere of influence which would have dazzled the Tsars...
Thus he has "watched" ancient sun-and moonrises over the far-flung monuments and art works of ancient man. Describing his observations in Beyond Stonehenge, Hawkins comes up with an admirably coherent theory: widespread prehistoric populations seemed to share not only a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy but also a desire "to link by astro-alignment men on earth with the gods...
...stage at the festival fairly gushed with declarations of national unity Wednesday evening, but the obstacles to the kind of unity the far-flung Democrats would like to achieve remain fairly imposing...
...shipowners, who for decades made their headquarters in London and Manhattan, are also being lured back. The government has built one of Europe's most advanced communications systems, which lets them stay in touch not only with the world's shipping markets but also with their own far-flung vessels. Even small offices are now routinely equipped with the latest teleprinter facilities as well as direct-dial connections to U.S. and Canadian ports...