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...meeting in some respects resembled an overblown victory banquet. The 1,008 cadres and 24 fraternal foreign delegations-led by the Soviet Central Committee's Mikhail Suslov-endured no fewer than 55 speeches, including an eight-hour stem-winder by Le Duan. The theme of the Congress-Thong Nhat (national reunification)-was symbolized by the arrival of delegates from the South aboard the inaugural run of the rebuilt Saigon-Hanoi railway. Indeed, not only Thong Nhat was the leitmotiv of the long-winded harangues, but it was visible every day in Hanoi on newly renamed hotels, cafes, streets...
...Going to Work, 1850, the young peasant couple striding through the fields is based on Masaccio's fresco of Adam and Eve, expelled from Eden and condemned to labor. This resonance is deepened by the potato basket on the wife's head and by the thong she carries like the attribute of a martyr...
...topless swimsuits have become ancient history, and the thong never really caught on. So Designer Rudi Gernreich has come up with a new entry in the field of frivolous fashion: boxer shorts for women. Says he: "You can jog in them, sleep in them, wear them around the house, around the pool or over a bare swimsuit" These modified B.V.D.s will appear in stores throughout the U.S. by March and will sell for $5 to $7. The men's garters, he quickly adds, are not included...
...support of ARVN troops in Military Region III, Trung radioed his commander that he would have to turn back because his F-5 had engine trouble. Instead of returning to base, he headed for the white, modern Independence Palace, Thieu's presidential residence at the end of Thong Nhut Boulevard in downtown Saigon. After making several passes, Trung dropped four bombs on the palace; two were duds, but two exploded, injuring a government employee...
...that Gladstone was so guilt-stricken over what he regarded as shameful sexual thoughts that he frequently went home after his "rescue" meetings with prostitutes and whipped himself. Then he carefully noted the episodes of flagellation in his diary with a discreet little illustration of a stick with a thong, much like a Michelin Guide to masochism...