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...entered the room. As flashbulbs popped and movie cameras whirred, the well-publicized Vargas grin erased the scowl. Vargas, in answer to persistent queries, 1) said elections would be held "soon", 2) evaded saying whether he would be a candidate by hinting at the possibility of a "serene and tranquil" third name acceptable to all, 3) guaranteed that "freedom of the press [but not necessarily of radio] will be wholly maintained," 4) asserted that Soviet recognition was "decided upon...
...Germans). While crowds were parading in his honor, an Army officer, who disliked being tagged a collaborationist, shot and killed a member of the EAM. To Britain's Foreign Secretary this punctuation mark was a reminder that Britain's Greek sphere of influence is far from tranquil. The week before, Athens' tumultuous liberation outburst had been cut short when the leftist EAM and the rightist EDES fought it out during the celebration. Score: ten dead; no wounded...
Honor for the Dead. When the Canadians came back into Dieppe last fort night, there were no casualties, no shooting. The Germans had fled; it was almost an anticlimax. The victors who marched with tranquil pride through Dieppe's streets were the men of the 2nd Division - the same outfit that sent 5,000 men across in the 1942 raid, brought back less than...
...ancient, tranquil towns of Provence stirred uneasily in the hot August sun. This year there were no vacationing Parisians on the beaches but a new wave of American tourists had arrived. Through the nodding summer countryside came the faint chatter of machine-gun fire, the roar of a big gun, the crack of a rifle. On dusty roads columns of tanks grumbled by, and above them fighter planes rode busily to work...
...sunny days before the war, a motorcar was a monstrosity. The soothing clop-clop of patient horses on the bright, white coral roads and the occasional cling of a cyclist's bell took the place of whining tires and peremptory blares. Black coachmen were unfailingly polite and the tranquil roads were a pleasure to walk. Five years ago a Governor General resigned in a huff because the Colonial Assembly would not let him have a car for personal use. Exceptions to the rigid ban: fire engines, ambulances, garbage trucks...