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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kerr Tree...
What in heaven's name adorns the Kerr cocktail table? Can it be a marshmallow tree...
...eggshell tree. Dyed Easter egg shells are Scotch-taped to a branch that is painted with Scuff-Kote shoe polish. The Kerrs make one every Easter...
...prabang, Buddhist monks in orange robes gathered in the gold-spired temples to pray for the soul of King Sisavang Vong. who died 18 months ago. Since then, his corpse-preserved in formaldehyde and spices-has been sitting in a huge gilded coffin carved from a single, perfect sandalwood tree, awaiting a propitious time for cremation. Last week the time came. Military planes, which might usefully have airdropped munitions to isolated garrisons, were commandeered to fly in tons of food for expected funeral guests. The King's coffin was placed on a dragon-headed carriage and, to the music...
Nearly all the civilian administrators prudently disappeared or refused to cooperate. Challe dispatched a squad to capture Admiral Jean-Marie Querville, commander of the Mediterranean fleet. Querville hid behind a tree in his garden and escaped to the Algiers harbor. Soon he got a call from Challe inviting him to join. "If we don't do it this way, we'll have a Communist-backed government here in six months," said Challe. "If we do it this way," answered Querville, "the Communists will be here sooner than that." Querville left by destroyer for the big naval base...