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...shown of famed Cellist Pablo Casals, 90, who left his native land in bitter protest against Franco during the Spanish Civil War. There were indications, too, that the government would like to forgive and forget, would welcome him if he chose to return home. But Casals was ada mant. "There is no change in my attitude," said he from his exile home in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
...Considered the toughest man in the Commons, Sandys met his match in Australia's determined Prime Minister Menzies. Though only 25% of Australia's exports go to Britain, and the nation's economy is far more balanced than agricultural New Zealand's, Menzies was ada mant against Britain's entry into the Market. In four days of tough bargaining, Sandys failed even to win approval for Britain to open negotiations. According to an aide, Sandys was "shocked and flabbergasted." It took nine hours to draft the final brief communique. Virtually dictated by Menzies. it stipulated...
...credit to irritated Subscriber Mant for guessing Reader McFarlan's riddle. Personally, I must confess I was deeper in the dark than you claimed...
...just as much as in going to church and in doing missionary work Jesus did not mean that those who follow him must necessarily renounce their every day pursuits and cease to come in contact with others. It often puzzles one who tries to understand what He mant by saying, that one who became a disciple of his had to forsake all possessions and follow Him. It is true that the slow, stupid populace with which he had to deal needed some goad to arouse them to a consideration of their spiritual condition; but that does not solve the riddle...