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...progress of a sort. Most of the nine previous changes in Saigon's government were spawned by jealous generals and accompanied by the rumble of tanks. Last week, as the four-month-old civilian government of Premier Phan Huy Quat turned power back to the military, the only signs of crisis were the gleaming limousines of the generals and a slight increase in the number of marines patrolling Saigon's rain-wet streets. Even when the turnover was finally effected, little had changed on the surface; both Quat and his antagonist, Chief of State Phan Khac Suu, remained...
...Graham Blaine: My dear Miss de Beauvoir, even in the modern world there are certain constants of human behavior. It is quite well known that women are by nature more jealous than men, more demanding of love and affection, more monogamous...
...Expert. De Angelis hardly looks the part of an international swindler. Short, fat and 50, he wears pearl grey ties and a perpetual look of hurt innocence. Although he pleaded guilty, he continues to blame his troubles on jealous competitors ("Powerful forces were working against me") and on the Department of Agriculture ("They called me a guinea bastard down there...
...hoped to die, moves him and his chickens to languish in the city in a cramped spare room. Still short of capital, he makes a hilarious botch of peddling himself as playmate for a prune-faced contessa. Finally, he tries to retain the stance of a jealous husband while sending his wife off to beg a loan from an old admirer...
...economic success of Japan today reminds many Asians of the pre-World War II build-up, and the less successful nations are both fearful and jealous of Japan's growing power. Their reluctance to accept Japanese leadership was subtly expressed when most governments politely rejected the Japanese peace corps proposal; it was expressed more dramatically when Japan began negotiations to establish diplomatic relations with Korea, and mobs rioted in Seoul for five days to protest President Chung Ree Park's friendly response...