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...Congratulations on your May 26 reporting of MacArthur's slur at generals in the White House ... I never cease to marvel at the many facets of the MacArthur personality, but this one really takes the cake. What makes Mac think he is an exception to the old political axiom-that generals make poor presidents? It smacks of an inflated ego, plus a childish fit of pique, i.e., "if I can't have it, neither...
...anti-Christ will not be so called, otherwise he would have no followers. He will wear no red tights, nor vomit sulphur ... He will come disguised as the Great Humanitarian; he will talk peace, prosperity and plenty ... He will foster science, but only to have armament makers use one marvel of science to destroy another . . . He will even speak of Christ and say that he was the greatest man who ever lived ... In the midst of all his seeming love for humanity and his glib talk of freedom and equality he will have one great secret which he will tell...
Your Jan. 14 article, "The Masked Marvel," has jogged me uncomfortably. I never dreamed that such a fantastic empire existed. Sure, I was aware that there were a couple of dozen highly skilled scientists working out all the intricate problems of atomic research somewhere, and I had heard of the Oak Ridge plant and have been vaguely aware of other aspects of the work, but I never realized that it was such a huge project...
...rock curtain. In 1800 Napoleon widened the Alpine trails and made them military roads. By 1820 the St. Gotthard pass had been widened to 18 feet, enough for two-way carriage traffic, but only in summer. Then in 1870 the eight-mile Mount Cenis railway tunnel, an engineering marvel in its day, was holed through...
...Noah's wife. Shut up in a floating menagerie with a wild-eyed, 600-year-old prophet! Is he saint or maniac? You'll never forget Shem, battling against the fire in the blazing hold; or Ham rescuing Japheth from the maddened gorilla they dare not kill! . . . Marvel at Lassie as she rounds up the escaped leopards fighting on the roof...