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Then, as Lowell said, the Gold Coast became "engulfed in the march of democracy." Or, as another writer expressed the change, the Coast--once the home of the social and proper--became "a region of outer darkness...
...unblinking fact was on paper that Russia made all the concessions: it returned a military base and agreed to withdraw its troops, gave up economic privileges, and by handing over its share in joint companies tacitly abandoned-for now at least-its grab for the resources of the outer Chinese province of Sinkiang...
Meanwhile, out in the cold reaches of outer space, a band of interstellar cavemen were put to flight just as they were about to burn alive Vena, the beautiful navigator for Rocky Jones, Space Ranger; a bearded, mad scientist was certain to be thwarted by right-thinking Captain Video who, as the press release puts it, is an unbeatable "combination of Einstein, King Arthur and Marco Polo," and Space Patrol's Commander Buzz Corry was zooming through the cosmos intent on reforming the almost limitless supply of villains with his soul-washing Brain-O-Graph...
...refugees hustled out of sight, Morgan Phillips issued a farewell statement for the delegation: "We sympathize with the efforts the Chinese people are making . . . This sympathy and understanding should be shown by the rest of the world in immediate and practical form." With that, they emerged into the outer world at Hong Kong...
From the Canadian border to the outer tip of Staten Island, New York Democrats last week were rousing themselves for the quadrennial rite of nominating a candidate for governor. This year there was reason for some excitement: the cast of characters flashing across the preconvention screen read like a glossary of the great names in the Democratic Party...