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...breathless hours last week it seemed that the long-simmering military revolt against Juan Perón had begun. But as revolutions go, it was one of the least successful ever staged. Strong Man Juan Perón crushed it swiftly, almost without bloodshed, and tightened his grip on Argentina's land and people...
Sculptor Cousino tried vainly to explain: "It's my conception of the Virgin, her mouth open in a stifled cry of the world's sufferings. I started off with the usual base, then despite myself, in the grip of a driving force, my hammer hit on my chisel. It was out of control. I was forced to obey orders which were not of my own inspiration. I can't say it's really mine...
According to experts, here is the procedure; grasp your watch or clock firmly in your left hand; secure an equally tenacious grip on the hour pointer of your instrument with your right; turn the pointer a full circle counterclockwise; put the clock down; return to the business of the moment...
Next: 1) an open convention, on Oct. 118, of the entire All-India Congress Party-at Nehru's demand-to ratify his election to party chief; 2) a battle to the finish with Tandon, who still has a grip on the party machine, is no man to quit without a fight...
Twenty-four hours later, the druggist was stricken again, this time less severely. The druggist's wife came down with the same symptoms; so did his three children. More patients fell ill. Dr. Risser got six frantic calls in one day. By mid-August, Bonham was in the grip of an epidemic. The cases were all the same: two swift, polio-like attacks followed by rapid recovery. Dr. Risser, a former Army epidemiologist, consulted his medical books, wrote the U.S. Public Health Service that Bonham had been hit by epidemic pleurodynia ("devil's grip"), probably caused...