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Another title, the Marques de Pubol, has the perfect ring for the surreal image of its outre honoree, Salvador Dali, 78.
The artist has been tapped to be a member of the Spanish nobility by King Juan Carlos, 44. The honorific (after the Iberian castle Dali bought for his late wife Gala) is not so terrific: no House of Lords, no special privileges. The new marques is as contentious as ever...
Canaday: Will Marques
The Blunt affair came as no shock to the author of this Essay. He was recruited into the M16 branch of British intelligence during World War II, and operated for 18 months as a spy at Lourengo Marques in Mozambique. His boss at M16 headquarters was Kim Philby-as it...
Ted Heath's new Tory government, which came to power in 1970, seems to have wanted to know as little as possible about the matter. Lord Home, Foreign Secretary under Heath, explains a bit lamely that the oil sanction issue "was never discussed." The Tories' see-no-evil, hear-no...