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Shepley was cited: "His monument is the good red brick and mortar of his college...
...good taxpayers all-announced that the 120-acre heart of their splendiferous white elephant, worth some $50,000 a year to California in taxes, had been given to the State of California. A condition of the gift, which includes a Moorish castle: it will be dedicated as a "historical monument," and a memorial to Hearst and his mother Phoebe. California was no shortsighted beneficiary. Its State Park department is even now plotting rubberneck tours at $1 a head...
...exercise was also Picasso's way of working off the melancholy caused by the departure of his companion of eight years, Françoise Gilot, who one day suddenly left, taking their two children with her, announcing: "I was tired of living with a historical monument...
Fine Style. The wicked, 1,000-mile route that winds south from Brescia along the Adriatic littoral and then curls north across the Apennines was used by Benito Mussolini as a monument to Benito Mussolini. Having made his trains run on time, the Duce was determined to prove the quality of his roads. For Fons, 28, the race was simply a chance to prove his hard-earned skills. Short years ago the dark-skinned Spanish nobleman was known for his heavy-foot driving, the careless speed that sent his cars tumbling off the track as often as they finished...
Lost Perfume. There will be a garden party spiced by the presence of Princess Grace of Monaco in becoming sables; there will be parades and reviews adorned by the uniforms of past French glory worn by staunchly republican soldiers. Beneath Napoleon Bonaparte's monument in the Place Vendome 50 French models will curtsy by torchlight as the royal Rolls passes...