Word: julians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...JULIAN, by Gore Vidal. A voluminous, fascinating historical novel, well researched, yet remaining oddly dispassionate and at one remove from the vibrant and youthful Roman emperor whose turbulent, 18-month reign marked the last conflict in the Western world between pagan Hellenism and early Christianity...
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Back to the Hospital. Meanwhile Tshombe received support of another kind. Into Leopoldville last week swooped a raptor well known to the gunrunners of the world: Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, 66, "the Black Eagle of Harlem." A dandified, fast-talking Negro of West Indian birth and U.S. citizenship, Julian first became involved in African military causes in 1930 when he personally destroyed one-third of the Ethiopian air force. Of course, it consisted of only three air planes, one of which the Black Eagle managed to crash at the feet of Emperor Haile Selassie. After serving as an arms buyer...
...same pillows as Adoula's." He also brought a mysterious offer of $500 million to help resuscitate the economy, and a due bill of $24,000, which he claims Tshombe owes him for "services of an undisclosed nature" in 1962. But before he could either collect or deliver, Julian had to check into the very place where the U.N. detained him two years ago: a hospital now run by the Danes. As the colonel explained, rolling up the leg of his elegant grey trousers: "I go through five wars without a scratch. But coming down here in the plane...
...seven Boeing 707s. That, he said, would take care of BOAC'S needs through 1968. Aircraft producers let out a "Buy British" howl, and workers from British Aircraft Corp.'s Weybridge plant marched on Parliament carrying placards: FIRST THE BRAIN DRAIN NOW THE PLANE DRAIN. Aviation Minister Julian Amery said that Guthrie's proposal "would inflict extensive injury on the British aircraft industry...