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Newest Is Old. World War II's first "new" nation is one of the world's oldest democracies. Discovered by Irish explorers in 795 A.D. (according to De Mensura Orbis Terrae, written in 825 A.D. by Dicuil, an Irish monk), Iceland was an independent commonwealth until 1264. Then it became a Norwegian protectorate, finally (in 1387) a Danish colony. Its Althing (Parliament; literally, The Thing) is 1,014 years...
...Petrus Christus' Dionysius the Carthusian. This small, serene, meticulous portrait of a monk (on wood panel) is often considered the gem of the Bache collection...
Signs and Silence. To get the Georgia brethren on their feet, Abbot Frederic Mary* Dunne came with the monks from Kentucky. But he will soon leave the Abbey in charge of Father Mary James Fox as superior. As superior, Father Fox is dispensed from the rule of silence, but like other Trappists he is not allowed to face a newscamera. The guestmaster may also speak (to guests) and the procurator may speak to tradesmen. Any monk can speak to the superior, but if he wishes to communicate with a brother he uses a simplified sign language. Only the abbot...
Sacramento's Mayor Tom B. Monk, a police escort and howling fans paraded the returning heroes. Schoonover met them with $30,000 in new pledges toward buying the ball park-the Cardinals sliced the price from $60,000 to $50,000-and rumors of a $25,000 bid for concession rights...
...Major General William E. Kepner took over the Eighth Air Force (England) Fighter Command. His predecessor, Brigadier General Frank O'D. ("Monk") Hunter, was boosted to deputy commander of the Eighth. Short, broad-chested, Bill Kepner won a Distinguished Service Cross for capturing a German machine gun singlehanded in World War I. In the 1920s he was one of the Army's top airship pilots. Nine years ago he and Captain Albert W. Stevens took an Army-National Geographic Society balloon to 60,613 ft. over South Dakota before the bag ripped and they had to leave their...