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Unlike other frolicsome Asian monarchs, however, King Norodom has a sense of duty and a flair for politics. In his 13 years on the throne, King Norodom pressured the French for independence. In June 1953 he fled with fanfare to neighboring Thailand, where he swore he would remain until the French gave way. King Norodom subsequently returned, started training an army of 100,000 volunteers, as the French decided to quit Cambodia. "A young man with a wise head," commented Jawaharlal Nehru admiringly...
...game might go on and on. Francis Henry Taylor's resignation from Manhattan's Metropolitan (TIME, Dec. 27) still leaves the U.S. museum world's throne unfilled. Last week the merry-go-round got another powerful whirl. Director Fiske Kimball announced his retirement from the Philadelphia Museum. For the time being Henri Marceau, the Philadelphia's associate director, has moved in as acting director. But all over the country museum directors were up on their toes, listening...
...shrilled accusations at her. Soon Susan and her ghostly father went to hell where, under flickering red lights, the damned stood around mute, each in a shell of loneliness and unable to communicate with the others. Next stop was heaven: under a peaceful blue, "God" sat on his throne surrounded by angels, and Susan met a boy friend who had died young...
...kingmaking takes time. Under Franco's 1947 Law of Succession, the prince must be 30 before he takes the throne. Presumably, therefore, another 13 years will elapse before Juanito, even if his education is found to be satisfactory, is eligible to step into the shoes of a 75-year-old Franco...
...late Emperor Franz Josef, commander in chief of Austrian forces on the Italian front in World War I, grand master of the Order of German Knights; of pneumonia; in Merano, Italy. In 1918 Archduke Eugen was exiled from the Austrian republic for failure to renounce his claims to the throne, was invited back by Chancellor Dollfuss in 1934 as a concession to Vienna's imperial sentimentalism...