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...Katayama herded his cabinet members to the back door of the Prime Minister's residence. To waiting photographers he explained with a shy, tired smile: "The back is better because we are going out, you know." The pictures over, Katayama solemnly wrapped his state papers in a purple scarf and bustled off to report the fall of his cabinet to the Emperor (he had already told General MacArthur...
...Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret paid a visit to a reclamation project, where the wind proved bitter arid the Queen proved adaptable. For the sake of her ears she put on a scarf; for the sake of appearance she left on her hat. The result faintly suggested a Conestoga wagon...
...land, a wide swatch of deserted houses left by Arabs and Jews who had lived side by side. The streets in front of these houses were littered with the debris of terror-old shoes, a battered wide-brimmed felt hat of an Orthodox Jew, an old scarf. One house's door hung slantwise on a twisted hinge, as though its occupants had plunged wildly through it in mad haste. On the rooftops were British sentries with Bren guns. Also to be seen were rooftop Jewish guards-young Haganah members; technically illegal, they were unarmed, but they kept arms within...
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Miguel Aleman wanted an English scarf. He was in no hurry. He lingered over a red and black number, asked Bloch what he thought of it. Finally he selected a red scarf with yellow dots and a yellow one with red dots. He paid, picked up his package and walked out on to Madero's narrow sidewalk. An Indian lottery-ticket seller murmured "Good day, Mr. President." "Yes, but too hot," grinned Aleman. But most passers-by brushed past without noticing. A few looked back startled, not quite believing what they saw-for until recently Mexico had seen...