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...small room in the house on stilts was blue with cigar smoke as the three princes and the general argued the final details. Slovenly soldiers of all three factions loitered on the porch, sometimes poked their heads curiously through the glassless windows. Below, amid mud puddles and stray dogs, newsmen scrambled for vantage points...
...religion has made Arthur Langlie into no holier-than-thou. He socializes easily, goes to parties, can stand glassless and gay at a cocktail party without making drinkers feel awkward. His conversation is punctuated occasionally by a "damn" or "hell." But religion has shaped a fierce, almost fanatic zeal for honest government, coupled with a conviction that all responsible citizens should participate. A political reporter once listened to a minor Langlie speech, reported later: "There was nothing new in what the governor said. But every voter who heard him was made to feel that the future of the republic depended...
...curving Gothic arch resembled the silhouette of an outsized mud hut, and its lofty vaults and arches were modeled after palm trees. The altar was made of two rough boulders topped by a monolith and the simple carved benches resembled witch doctors' ritual chairs. With its glassless windows admitting light and air and its roof covered with brilliant emerald tiles, the church seemed like a cool spot in the jungle...
Through the glassless windows of the conference house, the allied newsmen could see the delegates huddled over maps on a small round tea table. Several times laughter was heard and the spokesmen were seen to be talking off-the-cuff, two or more sometimes talking at once, which was a refreshing change from the stiff silences and the set speeches of the plenary sessions. When the meeting was over, General Hodes allowed himself to be photographed with his arm around North Korea's complaisant...
...passion for the stage and magic tricks, who grew up to be a struggling young comedian in one-reel movie farces. At first he played a ragged, mustached character called Lonesome Luke, which he now admits was a poor imitation of Charlie Chaplin. Then he bought a pair of glassless horn-rimmed spectacles (his eyesight is fine) and studied the effect...