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Nunc demum ver et Plautus adest; fons ardoris omnia irrigat. Qui modo adulescentes sobrii et severi crant, iam in theatro mirifice sunt amoris imperatores facti. Eheu, quam proterve K. Vadum Fractum, lascivi suboles gregis, iterum aestuat! Musae quidem Plautinae alto de caelo Cantabrigiam descenderunt; Risus Ludus Iocusque ubique vigescunt. Tempestas nobis arridet. O ver Plautinum! O collegium Harvardianum, nuper modestum morum bonorum praesidium, nunc vividum alacris motus gymnasium! Cavete igitur vos decani decanulique--"non intret Cato theatrum meum"--nec non vos, o septum novi homines qui ad spinosam Lapparum tutelam elevati estis. Quae enim saga Radcliffiensis, quis magus Harvardianus pollenti...
...kidnapers had chosen their victims carefully. The two youths were members of wealthy and prominent families in Macao: Fu Iam-kin, 14, was the son of multimillionaire Gambling Magnate Fu Tak-iam, and Antonio de Assis Fong, 22, was the son of the manager of Macao's Central Hotel. The kidnapers sent word to the parents demanding ransom of 700,000 Hong Kong dollars ($122,850 U.S.). But they reckoned not on Gambler Fu Tak-iam. He announced that he would not pay ransom for his son because it would set a bad precedent: he has four wives...
...single daily meal of boiled rice water or sweetened oatmeal. They were forced to write letters home begging their parents to pay, as their sufferings were increasing by the minute. The families of the two youths put advertisements in the newspapers, showing intention to pay. But Fu Tak-iam kept stalling. He had been kidnaped himself seven years before, and knew that kidnapers aren't serious until they send a slice of the victim's ear. When his own ears had been sliced, his family paid...
Last week, 14 days after the kidnaping, a phone tip led police to the deserted house, where they found young Fu Iam and Tony Fong half starved and temporarily paralyzed by their bindings. The gang had decamped an hour before, learning of their betrayal just as they had finished slicing young Fu Iam's ears...
...Iam exceedingly happy," Iran's young Shah cabled 72-year-old Premier Mossa-deq in New York, "to felicitate and congratulate you on your success in the oil dispute . . . We also would be happy and delighted to hear of your state of health." Mossadeq's much-discussed health was improving (see MEDICINE) almost as fast as his reputation as a politician...