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...this blessed day, on which you are rivals in ardor in celebrating the birthday of the King of the Beloved Valley of the Nile, there has been celebrated, in the Grace and under the protection of God, the engagement of His Majesty, King Farouk I, and an exquisite flower of Egyptian society, descendant of an illustrious and glorious family, Mlle. Narriman Sadek...
...night pageants on the Seine. Midnight Bicycle Race through the Streets of Paris. Féte Of Place Vendome: a week of celebration in this famous square. Grand Concert in the Louvre courtyard with 2 great symphony orchestras and the coronation music of Louis XIV on original trumpets. Citywide Flower Contest with all the balconies of Paris florally decorated. Rabelais Fair in all its ancient splendour in the markets of Paris. Montparnasse Week. Studios of renowned artists open to the public. Fashion Shows. Special Offerings of the Opera Comique. Historical...
...speak of "the bottomless well of Chinese manpower." Military manpower is always limited by what the economy of a country can support, and by the number of trained cadres available. It seems certain that in Korea the Chinese Communists have already lost some of their finest units, perhaps the flower of Lin Piao's Fourth Field Army. Such losses in turn cut down the number of battle-seasoned instructors for new cadres, and weaken the morale on the front. China's Red army is big, formidable, but also in many respects primitive and vulnerable...
...here? What are we fighting for?'...Every member of this command is entitled to a full and reasoned answer. Mine follows...It is not a question of this or that Korean town...The real issues are whether the power of Western civilization as God has permitted it to flower in our own beloved lands shall defy and defeat Communism; whether the rule of men who shoot their prisoners, enslave their citizens and deride the dignity of man shall displace the rule of those to whom the individual and his rights are sacred...
...spring the prisoners showed a passionate interest in flower gardening. The beds were beautifully kept until a visiting narcotics agent discovered marijuana growing among the hollyhocks and sunflowers. The garden fad ended on the spot...