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...near casualty was U.S. Ambassador Arthur L. Richards, 53, who had taken on the dangerous task of serving as messenger between the two sides. Just before the assault, Richards had arrived at the palace bearing a letter from a loyalist general. While Rebel "Premier" Ras Imru (who was forgiven for his role in the revolt last week by the Emperor on the grounds that he had acted "under duress") was scribbling his reply, loyalist tanks came charging through the palace gates. Richards scampered out a window in the nick of time-"it was the nearest available exit." Another U.S. official...
...said, "is not only a bond between us but between the royal family and all of you." By taking his Spanish queen, Baudouin appears to have accepted the position as head of state that he has often indicated was rightfully his father's. Many Belgians have never forgiven Leopold for surrendering to the Germans rather than going into exile during World War II; as a result Leopold felt compelled nine years ago to abdicate in his son's favor. Neither father, son, nor subjects have felt entirely easy about their relationships ever since. Now Belgians hope that their...
...nominee is to win the election; there are certain lengths of honesty to which one can go and certain appeals which, though irrational, go over well. For any of the bright promises of the platform to be fulfilled, Kennedy must first win the election; I think he may be forgiven for trying to do so. His campaign, despite its weaknesses, has been more consistent than most; the errors, unlike those of Roosevelt in 1932, have been those of omission, not of commission...
...then the reader is vexed by her somewhat florid digressions. But the period is little known and the players absorbing. Mme. de Stael's remark is quoted: "In Russia, if they do not attain their objective, they always go past it." The author can be forgiven if she does both...
...memory of the four famed Army chaplains who went down with the troopship Dorchester in 1943-including Poling's own son, Lieut. Clark V. Poling. Congressman Kennedy accepted an invitation to speak, backed out at the last minute on advice from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Poling has never forgiven...