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Dignitaries who will inspect the units include members of the Harvard Overseers' visiting committee. Col. James T. Hennessy, professor of Military Science and host for the review; and Dean Monro, representing the University...
...Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma pleaded indigestion caused by eating fermented, raw deer liver-a Laotian delicacy-and flew to Italy to inspect a prospective son-in-law, then motored to the French Riviera to inspect a modest villa he is building. He planned to stay in France until his daughter's June wedding...
...Moroccan mother within 15 miles of Oudjda. The camp, formerly a French supply depot, was decorated with rebel flags and banners proclaiming in French and Arabic such long-winded slogans as "The triumph of our revolution demands absolute unity, organized action, solid leadership and well-defined aims." On an inspection of border outposts within gunshot of French positions. Ben Bella, though still pale and out of condition from his long imprisonment, gamely climbed up and down hills. Colonel Boumedienne. F.L.N. chief of staff, invited reporters to inspect the cave headquarters, which were simply furnished with cots and rough tables...
...Words. But if the major powers cannot get to gether on the first step of a nuclear test ban, there is no hope of progress toward the glittering goal of G. & C. As played by the Communists, general and complete disarmament is a word game that permits everyone to inspect the disarming, but not the arming. Moscow would welcome witnesses to the destruction of a certain number of guns and bombs, but would not let outsiders in to see whether Russia is turning out bigger and better arms at factories elsewhere. As one American expert puts...
...iron digestions, sensitive palates and impeccable integrity. In keeping with the Guide's slogan. Pas de piston, pas de pot de vin (roughly, no pull, no payoffs), they arrive alone and unannounced, sample food and wine, reveal their identities only when they have finished eating and ask to inspect the kitchens. A Michelin inspector is usually treated as respectfully as an FBI man in the U.S., though one irate restaurateur once protested to the Guide: "You set yourselves up as judges, and yet I personally saw one of your men smoke before the cheese course...