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...MARYLAND, Democrat George P. Mahoney, a big sand-and-gravel man, is leading Representative James Glenn Beall for Democratic Senator Herbert O'Conor's seat. Eisenhower would have to carry Maryland by a heavy majority to pull Beall in with...
...this time towards the path. The little girl gave a cry and rushed to the rescue. But now another little girl, dark-headed, in a short red frock, who was running along the path, also noticed the baby's escape. She turned to head it off from the gravel. "Dirty! dirty!" She reached it first, caught it and tried to lift it bodily into the air. She was a strong child and by a great effort she succeeded in raising its forepart from the ground so that it hung suspended. Its face, in this position, was still perfectly calm...
...vacation seven weeks ago when he got an electrifying phone call from one of his archeologists at nearby Pompeii: "We're uncovering the best-preserved Roman painting ever!" Maiuri hurried over, and sure enough, there was something to make him dig hard. Peering over a layer of volcanic gravel were the head and shoulders of a beautiful woman...
Archeologist Maiuri's men cleared away the rest of the gravel. There, astonishingly preserved, was a 7-ft. mural of Venus reclining on a sea shell, attended by cupids. Unlike most Pompeian paintings, which have been dimmed and reddened by ash, rain and time, the mural had kept most of its original luster: deep sky-blues, rosy flesh tints, bright gold for the ornaments, rich brown for Venus' hair...
...their own just before the destruction. Maiuri placed it as the work of an unknown artist for the home of a wealthy Pompeian gentleman some time between the earthquake of 63 A.D. and the searing eruption of Vesuvius 16 years later. The absorbent qualities of the porous volcanic gravel at that spot had kept the mural moisture-proof for more than 1,800 years...