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...ENDLESSLY BAFFLED AT THE NEVER-ENDING PLUNGE OF THE AMERICAN FEMALE, LEMMING-LIKE, INTO THE SEA OF MATRIMONY, TO SINK BELOW THE WAVES OF DISHWATER, BABY BATHS, LAUNDRY, SCRUBBING . . . NOBODY BUT A HOPELESS FOOL WOULD SACRIFICE HER FREEDOM FOR SUCH A HORRIBLE REWARD...
Tears & Laughter. Mossadegh does not promise his country a way out of this nearly hopeless situation. He would rather see the ruin of Iran than give in to the British, who, in his opinion, corrupted and exploited his country. He is not in any sense pro-Russian, but he intends to stick to his policies even though he knows they might lead to control of Iran by the Kremlin...
...fascinated at the never-ending plunge of the American male, lemming-like, into the sea of matrimony, to sink beneath the waves of department-and specialty-shop bills ... to say nothing of the storms of abuse, vilification, contempt and scorn from his wife and daughters . . . Nobody but a hopeless fool would sacrifice his freedom for such a horrible reward...
Some of Mr. Highet's contemporaries, a little more pessimistic than I, regard Caesar as the noblest of patriots because they see in the Roman republic of Caesar's day and in the American republic of today a hopeless corruption. Disgusted with the ignorant and brutal clowns who are today performing in all parts of the world, they hope that it will be our good fortune to have at last a master as intelligent, as cultivated and as clement as Caesar . . . The real Caesar was known only to Caesar, but it is the mark of the very greatest...
...Bother Me." With the Huks calmed down, Magsaysay announced that he was going to police the islandwide elections-an announcement that was greeted by cynical smiles. He went at his apparently hopeless job with a will-and a method. In Pag-asa, he hopped around the country to beagle out phony registrations, restrain the gunnery of rival politicos, and spot the places where his troops were most needed. In one town where preelection killing had broken out, he had the entire police force arrested for murder. In still another, where a Nacionalista candidate had been kidnaped, he jailed the mayor...