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...after the bonfire, there was a regal procession from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul's Cathedral for a solemn thanksgiving service, followed by a lavish banquet at nearby Guildhall. By midmorning, men, women and children were standing 20 deep along the tree-lined mall that links the palace with Admiralty Arch. At 10:25 a.m., a carriage procession of members of the royal family clattered through the King's Door in the Royal Quadrangle, accompanied by a mounted escort of the Blues and Royals cavalry regiment. Princess Anne (expecting her first child in November) and her husband Captain...
...Solemn Commitment. During last year's campaign, Carter had pledged that he would gradually pull all U.S. ground forces out of Korea. After his inauguration, the President ordered studies of how best to accomplish this goal. When questioned about that decision at his Washington press conference last week, Carter explained: "The time has come for a very careful, very orderly withdrawal over a period of four or five years." He stressed that the U.S. would leave behind "adequate intelligence forces, observation forces, air forces, naval forces and a firm open commitment to our defense treaty." For these reasons, Carter...
...speak seriously about success. Besides I don't think this is the year to beat people over the heads with serious messages." Ullman says he is looking forward to his June 15 opportunity but he has some real qualms, most notably that people might chuckle during his more solemn passages...
...only recorded sounds of the elusive blue whale, as well as the latest hit by a herd of humpbacks-which, the Paynes have discovered, change their song each year. To the accompaniment of lapping waves, the whales sing sorrowful blues solos with a bassoon-like timbre or in solemn antiphonal chorus. The effect is sometimes humorous, often very beautiful. Album royalties go to the artists-through the Whale Fund of the New York Zoological Society...
...minute they stood in solemn silence in memory of those who have died for the cause of Palestinian statehood. Then the delegates to the plenary session of the 178-member Palestinian National Council, which convened late last week in the Arab League's blue and green tiled headquarters in Cairo, got down to business. As the Palestinians' de facto parliament, the plenary was promising to be-as Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat had earlier described it-"one of the most important meetings in Palestinian history...