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...lance with which the Roman soldier had pierced the side of the crucified Christ, the Crusaders, half-starved and crazed with religious fanaticism, swept out of the city and routed the Turks. Afterward, Bohemond of Taranto ordered the severed heads of captured Turks roasted on spits, "encouraging the rumor that the Prankish barons fed on human flesh," and so spread terror among the demoralized infidels. Within a year, the Crusaders had carved out for themselves feudal principalities in Syria and Palestine...
...addition, rumor has it that Averill Harriman is getting a degree this year, and he falls pretty neatly into the statesman category. Which means he'll probably give the speech at the Alumni Association meeting in the afternoon. And Truman couldn't very well get a degree and not be speaker...
After Truman the guessing gets harder. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will probably miss out, since giving him a degree would be a slap President Johnson's face. Rumor has it President Johnson will not get a hood from Harvard...
...Monday, Jackie was so fed up that she was reported ready to fly back to Madrid. Adding to her annoyance was the rumor that her whole Spanish holiday was only a disguised tryst with widower Antonio Garrigues, father of eight and a friend of the Kennedy family ever since Joe Jr. visited Madrid during the Civil War. As the rumors mounted, Angie Duke decided to call an impromptu conference on Jackie's behalf, saying: "I want to make it crystal-clear and completely understood that there is no basis in fact in rumors of an engagement...
...singers. The cuts were extensive (the prologue and a half dozen scenes) but no doubt carefully chosen. It is a shame that a production as rare and as entertaining as this one, whatever its shortcomings, must perish after two evenings. Hopefully there is some basis to the rumor that Miss Caldwell may take her amazing Hippolyte to New York...