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...Disabled Association. An accomplished horsewoman in her first flat race, she did quite nicely, finishing fourth. Down south in Sardinia, Diana took first place in the eyes of charmed Italians, who were treated to a profusion of lovely clothing changes at each of the dozens of stops. The only stir was caused by what she didn't wear to a gala at Milan's La Scala: a stunning gold lame creation that the Princess modestly eschewed for a more conventional gown. "When people are guiding you, they sometimes touch bare flesh," Diana explained later. "It's rather embarrassing...
...menu for dinner is lasagna, broiled fish, rice pilaf, stir fries, clover-leaf rolls, strawberry shot-cake, and tossed salad, according to Ann Sicari, manager of the Quad dining halls
...perch, Mr. Threskiornis had become tarnished and cracked as his captors in the building below passed the years in revelry, potation, and occasional attempts at satire. Yet more damaging than his long and unrelieved exposure to the elements was the loss of Ibis' personal dignity. Unable to stir from the Lampoon's roof, he became a mere symbol--a ridiculous mascot whose captivity was somehow to be a fitting embodiment of the edifice upon which he stood...
Aside from the potential for Soviet agents to stir separatist sentiments in the Pakistan provinces of Baluchistan and Sind, the area of greatest danger is the North-West Frontier province, where 30,000 troops of Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps form a thin defense line. For the moment, the prospect seems to be intensified bombing and occasional hot pursuit, though probably no major Soviet incursion into Pakistan. Says a Western diplomat based in Pakistan: "The Soviets will take every opportunity they can find --and there are many--for subversive operations. It has become a very dirty and deadly game...
...devoted" to an unworthy girl, she answers, "My artistic bent is directed not at all to the presentation of eminently irreproachable characters, but to the presentation of mixed human beings in such a way as to call forth tolerant judgment, pity, and sympathy." Indignantly, she adds, "And I cannot stir a step aside from what I feel to be true in character . . . Alas! inconsistencies and weaknesses are not untrue...