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...funeral took place in New Delhi's Shanti Vana Park, less than 100 yards from a memorial to Nehru. The cortege arrived at 6:30 p.m., with the family riding in a jeep. There was only one slipup: Rajiv began to put incense and camphor on the body before the flag of the Congress Party (I) (for Indira) had been removed. When this was done, mantras were chanted and the pyre...
...cruiser where Captain John Wayne greets two Japanese torpedoes with relish, warmed by the prospect of "a gut-bustin', mother-lovin' Navy war!" First as captain, then as Admiral "Rock" Torrey, whose ultimate mission is to oust the enemy from the fictional islands of Gavabutu and Levu-Vana, Wayne delivers a bedrock performance that provides anchorage for the shipshape supporting cast. Pick of the lot is Nurse Patricia Neal, who enlivens Wayne's hours ashore with straightforward passion. Wayne woos his long-estranged son (Brandon deWilde) away from the public-relations war mounted by a former Congressman...
...competition. The U. S., which had taken the Swaythling Cup last year, turned out to be not much of a bogey, but not so the Czechs. A pair of them; won the women's doubles, a team of Czechs took the Corbillon Cup, and a single Czech, Bohumil Vana, eliminated Viktor Barna, the great Hungarian paddler, in the semi-finals and Defending Champion Richard Bergmann of Austria in the final of the men's singles. In the men's doubles, the Hungarian team of Barna & Bellak were set back by Sol Schiff & Jimmy McClure...
...voyage!" cried J. VanA. MacMurray, chief of the Far Eastern Affairs Division of the U. S. State Department, who was representing Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes. "I hope you will soon return to Washington...
...servant. He can teach in the great forum of the wide world, and as a laborer he is worthy of his hire. Why, then, should the teacher burden himself with academic routine and with slavery to adolescence when he has a thousand other avenues open to his talents? Somnia Vana in The Freeman...