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...Liechtenstein, the tiny, 253-year-old principality nestled between Austria and Switzerland, ranks near the bottom of the world's temporal powers. Its boundaries barely encompass 61 sq. mi. But in the art world, little Liechtenstein shines as one of the brightest stars in the firmament. Reason: within its confines is the richest old-master collection still in private hands, including a score of Rubenses and Van Dykes along with Raphaels, Brueghels, Titians and Tiepolos...
...newest, Gambia and Zambia, appeared after the anthology had gone to press. At last count there were more than 150 assorted anthems in the world, hailing the glories of every nation from Red China ("Build anew the Great Wall from flesh and blood, arise!") to tiny Liechtenstein ("Where the chamois freely jumps about") and Cameroon ("In barbaric times you lived your early days/But bit by bit you now are leaving savage ways...
...millions too hot to handle, Munoz channeled the funds into two banks that he controlled, the Swiss Savings & Credit Bank of St. Gallen and the Geneva Commerce & Credit Bank. To invest the Trujillo hoard without attracting attention, Munoz set up obscure financial companies in such places as Liechtenstein and Panama, also opened or bought banks in Rome,' Beirut, Andorra and Luxembourg...
...Lyall. 249 pages. Scribner. $4.50. Lewis Cane, hero of this adventure yarn, is a former British agent who ran guns for the French Resistance during World War II. After 15 years of private-eying, he finds himself back on the Continent convoying a fugitive millionaire industrialist from Brittany to Liechtenstein. In the course of dodging everyone from police to the hired killers who are after the industrialist, Cane retraces his old Resistance route through the Auvergne, encountering wartime friends and enemies and fighting several pitched battles along the way. British Author Lyall, one of the better new Bondmen, fills...
...hors d'oeuvres and turkey. Main course was the frug, to the big beat played for Their Highnesses by a disk jockey who rents himself and his $3,000 hi-fi rig for just such occasions. Party over, host and hostess hopped off with Prince Philip to Liechtenstein for a few days of skiing-but not before taking in a Paris hoite, where Princess Anne relaxed enough over a glass of red Margaux (vintage: '53) to toss kisses at one of the folk singers...