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...place of the goddess' face and diadem were the features and military cap of Douglas MacArthur. At the figure's feet, in a litter of skulls and bones, lay a trampled black dragon, "Anti-Democracy," with features unmistakably resembling Joseph Stalin's. Oda's latest ode was tacked to the opposite doorway...
Twice a month, the tribes living in the foothills of the Amne Machin range of western China sing an ode to the mighty peaks above. They sing that Amne Machin is a sacred mountain, holding untold stores of gold. Travelers who tamper with its treasures or its mysteries (says the ode) will provoke divine wrath expressing itself in hailstorms and other calamities...
...Well, I'll Curl Up!" Reynolds loves adventure and publicity. In Shanghai, he created riots by giving away Reynolds pens. The expedition's plane developed engine trouble. The hailstorms mentioned in the ominous ode materialized, made flying impossible. Said Reynolds: "This may be called the lousiest, most disorganized expedition in history, but it will still be said: 'They made...
Catching his breath in Tokyo, Reynolds said: "Now we are back in God's country-at least Americans run it." Americans still do not run the Amne Machin, which will continue to listen to its ode twice a month...
...Yardling lineup: foils Harry Chase, John Rice, Stuart Falk; epec--Jee Overholser, Paul Ode, Robert Milne: saber Ray Pierce, Forest Carter. Westhrin...