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...Olympic Games. Last week, as the finishing touches were applied, the dust and din of the past three years began to lift, revealing shiny new buildings, glistening overhead superhighways and a network of fine, wide roads that is already speeding up traffic considerably. Four superexpressways slash like sword scars through 62 miles of the once impenetrable capital, while 25 miles of new subway bore beneath the random, rickety scab of slums, pachinko parlors and noodle shops that is home to most of the city's population...
...Warrior's flamboyant pose, exaggerated sword, and improbably wrinkled clothes express the rococo flight from reality. The far-off glint in his eyes suggests the coming romantic cult of genius, the idea that reverie is greater than reason. Fragonard even more daringly juxtaposes colors, such as the reds on the yellow cheek, without transitions of tone-a foretaste of impressionism. Yet the painting's casualness-revered in its day as sublime and picturesque-is a pure rococo attitude...
...funeral of Senator Harry Byrd's wife "Sittie." After the services, Lyndon reached into the Senator's car, grasped his hand and kissed it in a genuine gesture of condolence. He whispered a few words to Byrd, and old Harry, who has crossed many a political sword with Johnson, brushed tears from his eyes...
...DEFENSE. "Until such time as there can be an enforceable treaty providing for inspected and verified disarmament, we must, and we will, maintain our military strength, as the sword and shield of freedom and the guarantor of peace." The platform promises to: continue the "overwhelming supremacy of our strategic nuclear forces"; strengthen limited warfare and anti-subversive capabilities; maintain "the world's largest research and development effort, which had initiated more than 200 new programs since 1961, to ensure continued American leadership in weapons systems and equipment" and continue the civil defense program; examine the Selective Service system...
Harakiri. Kneeling in starched white death robes on a mat in the sacred garden, the desperate young warrior strips himself bare to the waist. He seizes a short sword, plunges it into his abdomen once. Twice. Three times. Four. He falls over the gory weapon. "Behead me!" he pleads, but before the last merciful blow is delivered he has bitten off his tongue...