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...Gody's calves, Parisians know that the Seine is in flood. Last week the water reached well above Gody's elbows. As the floodwaters poured down into the city, raising the river crest to nearly seven meters above normal, all of Paris' quais were engulfed. The priceless works on the ground floor...
...listens to the same radio and TV programs that his playmates listen to; on no account may he pursue an interest of his own choosing-or even daydream about it. While he is told less often than children of past generations to keep quiet, he is denied the priceless boon of solitude...
...towering edifice of the McNary Dam, then pointed to a wispy, grey man on the speaker's platform. Said Ike: "My good friend, Senator Guy Cordon, for the past ten years has labored tirelessly to complete this project." Ike's words came as a sincere-and politically priceless-tribute to Oregon's Republican Cordon, who in his quiet way has made himself influential among G.O.P. Senators. This year Cordon is in a desperate fight for re-election against his Democratic opponent, Richard Neuberger, a state senator and free-lance writer...
...year at house parties, expected to display her charms to eligible bachelors. Emily was bored to death; to kill time and tedium, she took to botany. One day she overheard staid old Lady Ampthill discussing this choice with Sis ter Betty. The result is a dialogue of priceless, period perfection: Lady A.: Did you see the flower show at the Temple? It was so beautiful, such lovely begonias...
While scholars pored over Polo family documents, including Marco's will, 500 tourists a day filed through the Doges' Palace to look at priceless works in bronze, jade, ceramics, textiles and lacquers, dating from the Yin dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.) to the Ming dynasty...