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...been the Year of the Rat-and the year of the Communists. In the Chinese calendar, the old year stood for misfortune and deceit. A few surreptitious firecrackers, still forbidden under martial law, last week heralded the New Year of the Ox, which signified hard work and persistence. In present-day China, inevitably, it also signified sorrow and loss...
Last week the Greek government, alarmed at the effect of this propaganda on troop morale, finally decided to crack down on those who provided ammunition for the rebel loudspeakers. To give bite to its bark, a special court-martial in Athens charged handsome Michael Chryssicopoulos (36), scion of one of Greece's wealthiest families, with draft dodging...
Later, however, the fraud came to light and both Michael and his double were arrested. Last week Michael was found guilty and sentenced to death; his impersonator was acquitted. He could not, said the court-martial, be held responsible for his actions. As Michael was marched off to await execution, his ailing double departed for a tuberculosis sanatorium on the outskirts of Athens, where $1,500 worth of treatment might save his life...
...reportedly $2,500. He published his first poems, joined the Army under an assumed name, served two years, and in 1830 was appointed to West Point. Much older than his fellow cadets, and a hardened veteran, he spent seven months at the Point, then engineered his own court-martial and dismissal (for trivial offenses...
...This martial interruption was the idea of Australia's Lieut. General H.C.H. Robertson, British Commonwealth occupation commander in Japan. Like many a Commonwealth occupation official, Robertson feels that U.S. policy in Japan has too much poetry, not enough punch. As commander of the Hiroshima area at the ceremony, Robertson had a rare chance to show the Japanese (and the Americans) what he meant...