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...village square of Anthili, 140 miles north of Athens, on the vast plain where the Persian King Xerxes camped in 480 B.C. before he charged Thermopylae, there stands a marble statue. It is not a monument to the defenders of Thermopylae, but to the recent rebirth of Anthili and the man who made it possible: Walter Eugene Packard, a Point Four soil reclamation expert from California...
...professional whose genius ripened early and produced an indelible monument in the wartime characters of Willie and Joe, Bill Mauldin floundered aimlessly through the postwar years before rediscovering and refining his talent...
...transition from a church for the affluent to a mission for the poorest. Founded in 1871, it was once the most fashionable parish in town. The families who lived on "the Heights" were well-to-do, and the house of worship they built at 120 Summit Avenue was a monument to their generosity. The stained-glass windows were by Tiffany; the altar, pulpit and lectern were of the best Carrara marble...
...people feel "no bitterness" toward the U.S., shrugs: "If Japan had had the same type of weapon, it would have used it." Today the main difference between the two cities is that Hiroshima has remained a stark symbol of man's inhumanity to man; Nagasaki is a monument to forgiveness...
...Tamara joined John and Mrs. Glenn for a frantic tour of the capital. They were chivied from conference to conference by mobs of reporters, photographers and keening teenagers. ("My God," cried one photographer, "it was Sinatra all over again!") The Glenns showed the visitors the standard sights (Smithsonian, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, etc.) and took the Titovs to the White House for a brief, formal call on President Kennedy...