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...country, "to him that has shall be given," leaving one's father and mother to follow Jesus, and some of the Beatitudes, e.g., the poor having the kingdom of heaven. Many parables are also included: the sower, the thief in the night, the tares, the mustard seed, the marriage feast, the wicked tenants, the pearl, the hidden treasure...
...doctors have ruled out further surgery. Radiation therapy is scheduled to start this week. If that does not control the cancer, medical experts say a variety of other treatments could be tried--drugs derived from nitrogen mustard gas or perhaps injections of radiotive gold...
...manager of West Berlin's Municipal Opera, superbly handled his cast and particularly the Met's often heavy-footed chorus, achieved some stunning, stylized patterns reminiscent of Bayreuth. Highly effective were the glowingly expressionistic sets by German Designer Caspar Neher, but his costumes were merely foolish: mauve, mustard, rose and lavender, suitable for a Todd A-O musical version of the Wars of the Roses. If Designer Neher tried to follow the romantic music by being deliberately unrealistic, he spoiled his effect with just enough realistic touches, as when platoons of soldiers in what looked like pink pajamas...
...included the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, but nary a diplomat. I therefore nominate Robert Peet Skinner, a career Foreign Service great. As keen as mustard, Mr. Skinner at 92 is fighting for the return of an honest U.S. dollar...
...Wheatfields. Phosgene. The damn Wheatfields. We didn't have any air cover or artillery support. That's when a lot got it. Crawling out in the open." He turns his head and squints. "Gas?" he says. "Well, they used the phosgene, what I got; and chlorine; and the mustard gas shells mixed in with the regular barrage. You could tell when one hit, because it only made a kind of pouff! and then you'd see a mushroom spreading along the ground, like that smoke over there. Only there wasn't anywhere to run at the Wheatfields. I was lucky...