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...chagrin, even his own C.D.U. colleagues had begun to raise the leadership issue. Everyone, it seemed, felt it was about time for Adenauer to step down. In a heated meeting, they asked him insistently to declare his intention to resign by next fall, so that the party might groom a successor in time for the 1965 general elections. Adenauer, who will be 87 next month, stalled off a definite statement...
Neither bride nor groom cares much about these tribal parental interests; but on their wedding day a member of the murdering family, Leonardo, sweeps the bride he loves out of the village ritual, and independent as a "shooting star," rides off with her. Feuding at last, the groom chases after them; the two men meet and kill each other. The bride makes a definite return to the village, announcing that she has followed the rule of custom at least in that she remains caste--and so leaves Leonardo to be the tragic protagonist, the only individual outside the force...
...unconcerned as an old plow horse," said his groom. "He's shy and aloof, and at times he can be a bit uppity, but he can afford to be, now that he is a star." He certainly got star treatment; so that he would not have to tread unfamiliar soil, his trainer imported a truckload of clay for his stall from Goshen...
...jubilant tribesmen hailed the bride and groom with the traditional whinny-an affectionate salute that is supposed to imitate the neighing of a Basuto pony. They scrupulously obeyed the sign posted before the church: "No horses allowed in the cathedral." Also on hand to pay their respects were foreign diplomats stationed in South Africa, the country that completely surrounds Basutoland. With the two-hour marriage ceremony completed, the diplomats headed home and all Basutoland (pop. 700,000) settled down to three days of parades, celebrations and feasts of barbecued oxen...
...have had a fascination for blending love and death in scenes of grotesque horror. In this tale by Spanish Novelist de Lera. the characters are cliches, and their talk is monotonous. But the novel comes powerfully alive when it reaches the love-death climax of a wedding night. The groom-to-be. Luciano, settles in a small, primitive town, picks a local beauty to marry. He has no trouble bribing her parents to let her go, but the rest of the townspeople fiercely resent an outsider taking one of their girls. They regard him with a "hatred steaming with...