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Died. Roland de Vaux, 67, the French Dominican priest and biblical scholar who was one of those who penetrated the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls; of a heart attack; in Jerusalem. Two years after a Bedouin shepherd stumbled onto a cave near the Dead Sea in 1947, De Vaux was among a party of archaeologists who journeyed to the spot. There they uncovered more than 40 previously unknown caves, many containing ancient Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic manuscripts. The 2,000-year-old documents, pieced together and edited by an international team of scholars headed by De Vaux, turned...
There the name was on the list of Cambridge University graduates, sandwiched between Vaux, J.E.G., and Walker, J.N.G.: Wales, H.R.H. Prince of -the first heir to the British crown ever to earn a university degree. No one seemed one whit prouder than Lord Butler, master of Trinity College, where the royal scholar won a bachelor's degree with honors in history. "We think it was rather remarkable that he could get a good degree," said Lord Butler, "considering all his other duties...
...amid the extravagances of 17th century Italy, given its distinctive form by Bernini and Borromini. Yet the more restrained variant that France developed has proved almost as influential, and has inspired countless castles and churches, palaces and gardens. France's first great baroque monument was the chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, built between 1656 and 1660. This year, for the first time in centuries, visitors can view Vaux-le-Vicomte in all its oldtime splendor...
Time to Disgorge. Splendid though the Chambre may be, le roi never slept in it. For the story of Vaux-le-Vicomte is of an older man who overreached himself. The man was Nicolas Fouquet, an urbane nobleman who had become France's Finance Minister a year before the young Louis was crowned at the age of 15. He thought of Louis as a young whippersnapper, and with some justice he felt he had been of more service to the state. Renowned as a courtier, conversationalist and diplomat, he had devised dozens of ingenious schemes to finance France...
...During the first nine months of 1967, pub sales enjoyed a 4% increase over the same period of the previous year. But October saw a 6% slump. British brewers are now beginning to take stock, and what they see is grim indeed. Bass Charrington reported trade off by 4%. Vaux Breweries, losing money in Scotland, threatens to raise prices. Whitbread sees little prospect of improving profits in the year ahead. Bucking the Trend. Only Britain's second largest beermaker, Allied Breweries (Ind Coope, Tetley Walker, Ansells), is bucking the national trend. During four critical weeks ending Nov. 24, Allied...