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...inside a pagoda-shaped golden urn. Last week, at the end of the 100-day mourning period, Sarit's remains were cremated in an elaborate ceremony attended by King Bhumibol, Queen Sirikit, the government, the diplomatic corps, as well as a spike-helmeted funeral band and contingents of umbrella-carrying Buddhist priests. Sarit will be remembered as one of the few leaders in Southeast Asia who managed to build a firm, anti-Communist regime; but even as the smoke of his funeral drifted over Bangkok, the press was busy kindling acrid stories about his financial dealings and his personal...
...suggest a trademark for the English buses sent to Cuba: an umbrella...
Rolling Cubes. In Prelude, a man and a woman, sitting at opposite ends of a park bench, are reading. They exchange tentative glances but are too shy to speak. The man's umbrella, however, is not shy at all. It rises and moves toward the girl's umbrella, which responds, and floats up into the air as well. The man and woman move to opposite sides of the stage and stare pensively into the wings...
Guarded Optimism. Then the Council adjourned for behind-the-scenes political jockeying masterminded by Secretary-General U Thant. What seemed to be emerging was a projected international peacekeeping force, under the U.N. umbrella but with a British command...
...This," cried Jimmy Hoffa, "is one of the finest contracts ever negotiated in the U.S." For Teamster Boss Hoffa, it was also the fulfillment of a long-held dream: to bring Teamster locals under the umbrella of a single national agreement with truckers...