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...headquarters, including a spelunking expedition through its vast underground communications center. Remarking that by now he was "awfully tired," Mohammed canceled a slated trip to Niagara Falls. At week's end, with "a little extra rest" to buoy him up for the rest of his schedule, the affable monarch returned to Manhattan for a reunion with his daughters, a jaunt up to West Point (where as chief of a state he granted a traditional amnesty to all cadets undergoing punishments), an evening at the Metropolitan Opera (Bohème), plus an invitation to tea with Eleanor Roosevelt...
...King clearly was enjoying himself, but the key results of his visit lay back in official Washington. He had met with Secretary Dulles five times, discussed Algeria and Middle East questions, as well as the need for new agreements on U.S. bases in Morocco. John Foster Dulles assured the monarch that the U.S. was willing to cooperate fully with pro-Western Morocco, expressed a readiness to step up economic and military aid. For his part, Mohammed V had shown where his heart lies: his personal gift to the President of the U.S. was a jewel-encrusted saber inscribed with...
...long periods, as many of them can, they will be carried long distances even if their own speed is low. A few insects do fairly well without any wind. Dr. Hocking calculates that desert locusts can fly 217 miles at 5.6 m.p.h. Best of all are monarch butterflies, which can fly 650 miles at 6.2 m.p.h. They can stay in the air so long that a good tail wind would help them across the Atlantic without refueling...
When at last the French were forced to bring the family back from exile, Aisha's return was celebrated with almost as much jubilation as that of the Sultan himself. As a shrewd and progressive monarch, her father (who will visit the U.S. later this month) had planned Aisha's role from the start as a complement to his ,own political struggle. The Sultan placed his children's education in the hands of capable private French teachers. "I want you to treat my children like other children," the Sultan said. "Call the girls by their title...
...adoring subjects set up a howling cry of greeting for Emperor Haile Selassie, the Conquering Lion of Judah, Elect of God and 225th in a long line of Ethiopian emperors who traced their ancestry back to the Queen of Sheba herself. A moment later, the tiny, dignified, bearded monarch, resplendent in blue uniform and green sash all enveloped in a redlined cloak, stepped out of a sleek green and black Rolls-Royce and entered the church to begin the ceremonies...