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Nobody knows exactly how long ago the bagpipe was invented. In one incarnation it was known in Tutankhamen's Egypt and Plato's Greece. Nero had a passion for it. Its unnerving drones and belligerent skirls have been known to stir men's blood, their brains and, according to Shakespeare, their bladders.* It has led men into battle and lulled them to sleep. Last week it was the star attraction, when the Regimental Band, Massed Pipers, Drummers and Dancers of Her Majesty's Scots Guards made their first visit to Manhattan on a nine-week North...
...into the question period, Fast continued his attack on American foreign policy and his approbation of Soviet intentions, facilely countering the attacks of Scars and the audience. While answering a query about free elections in Poland with an answer about rigged elections in Mississippi, Fast was interrupted by a stir in the rear of the balcony...
...Colombia, President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla put on a big show of lifting the government's press censorship, but actually clamped down with a "code of ethics" that banned all stories that stir up politics, "imply lack of respect" for him or for friendly nations, hurt the economy or simply cause disorder...
...Viennese were guided around the U.S. pavilion by 18 pretty English-speaking hostesses, stared wide-eyed at exhibits by 77 manufacturers, e.g., Kelvinator's fully equipped kitchen, illustrating every facet of American life. Outside, visitors lined up for free trips on a Bell helicopter, which caused as much stir as a space ship...
Recently, General Yu received a secret visit from old friend and new Communist, General Wei, who came back under an assumed name to stir up other defections. Soon afterward, General Yu received a visit from another old friend, General Li Mi, onetime commander of Nationalist troops in Burma, who now occasionally visits Hong Kong incognito from Formosa. Both left his house without any commitment from General Yu and presumably without any certainty that Yu had not committed himself to the other...