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Soon the military will abandon the No. 1 symbol of occupation, the big Dai Ichi insurance building across from the Imperial Palace, and move to the suburb of Ichigaya, renamed Pershing Heights. SCAP General Matthew Ridgway will have to move out of the U.S. Embassy to make room for new...
The story of the Rosas goes back to a day in the War of 1812, when the good ship Marquis de Somerueles, flying the American flag, was bowling westward over the Atlantic and ran into trouble in the form of a British man-o'-war. The Somerueles and her...
Mr. Williams of course did not actually read from the books. He flowed effortlessly over the grotesque, oddly-shaped lumps that are Dickensian prose, and he languished nostalgically with the magical Dickensian names, which are so much moreconnotative than denotative: "Mr. Podsnap," "Mr. Bob Sawyer," "Mr. Chops," "Monseigneur." He literally...
We are told that Eisenhower is a Democrat when it comes to foreign policy. Then with Ike as President, Dean Acheson could stay right on as Secretary of State. Eisenhower has been hand-picked for us by the professional left wing (Drew Pearson, Joseph Alsop, Marquis Childs, et al.), and...
Stubbs's diligent studies paid off in other ways. As England's recognized authority on horses, he was swamped with commissions from hard-riding country gentlemen for portraits of their favorite mounts. They were rarely disappointed. Such Stubbs champions as the Marquis of Rockingham's yellow sorrel...