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...Last week, in that ancient city of Lebanon, where St. George is supposed to have slain his dragon, a winter sun beat fiercely on old walls radiant with purple bougainvillaea and flaming crimson poinsettias. Its rays glittered gaily in the gentle wash of Mediterranean tides on Lebanon beaches, and shone on the sleek hoods of shiny new U.S. taxicabs weaving their way through clusters of bronzed and burnoosed Arabs...
...shone warmly on the coral beaches. At night, the cool trade wind whispered through the palm trees. Harry Truman loafed. In the shaded seclusion of Key West's submarine base, surrounded by his loyal lieutenants and faithful friends, the victor rested after the battle. It was a fine feeling...
...night last spring, returning from Radcliffe, I saw a group of people bending over a bonfire in the Cambridge graveyard. They were throwing torn I.B.M. cards into the fire, and making weird sounds, and dancing a strange dance. Suddenly the wind fanned the flames, and the eerie light shone up into their faces. I recognized several deans and at least one House Secretary. I couldn't figure it out at the time, but looking back, I feel sure they were expunging some poor chap's name. God rest his soul...
...class of 1952 has arrived in time to witness the second flowering of New England. Thoreau and Emerson never shone so brightly as Sain and Spahn. And Billy Southworth is undoubtedly the greatest New Englander since Calvin Coolidge...
...long procession of California triumphs. Its girl divers. both talented and pretty, won first and second in every event; San Francisco's Ann Curtis hung up a new Olympic record in the 400-meter swim. And in the individual track & field events, California's golden boys really shone. They walked off with seven gold medals-two more than the Swedes, five more than the rest of the U.S. team. Had California competed on its own in track & field in London, the tally would have read: California 102, Sweden...