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...later, Elizabeth noncommittally advised the island's legislators to "build on the principles of parliamentary government." The royal couple had driven 120 miles, in blistering heat, across the island to Kingston, pausing along the way for a quick dip in the Caribbean. Visibly wilted, the Queen could muster few smiles during a late reception at King's House, mansion of the island governor, Sir Hugh Foot, next day made by Elizabeth a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. After three days, embarking for the Panama Canal Zone on the 15,902-ton liner Gothic, the Queen...
Serving as a Communist punching-bag in the Far East, Indo-China has long been a target for a vitiating guerilla war. For seven years the French army in Indo-China has withstood the Communist while vainly trying to muster enough native support to drive them out. Only a promise of complete independence for Indo-China can rally nationalist support, for the persistent French colonialism which precipitated the war still discourages the Indo-Chinese from resisting the Communists' guerilla attacks...
This was the table of operations: call a general strike, muster the mob in the labyrinthine municipal bazaar, then fight through central Teheran to Majlis Square, where the leaders would emerge and take charge. If all went well, the Black Spiders would incite army units to defect, the Reds would break out hidden stores of rifles and bazookas, and the general strike would turn into a revolution...
Leverett, handicapped by the loss of star fullback John Bagdasarian, could muster no sustained drive until the final period surge. Guard Pete Pratt intercepted a Yale pass on the Bunny 13, and ran back to the 20 to open the threat...
Because of continuing rain and the resultingly muddy field, neither team was able to muster a sustained drive. But the Yardlings tied the score in the third period on a 60-yard pass play. Matthew Bottsford tossed a 25-yard pass, again to Eikenberry, who raced 35 yards to the goal line. The all-important conversion was partially blocked, and went wide...