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...leadership of the U.S. Eighth Army during the Korean War. Taylor later flew into Taiwan for weekend talks with Chiang Kaishek. Vice President Lyndon Johnson, in Italy to complete his 17-day, six-nation tour of the Middle East and Europe, was treated to a huge ovation in Naples. "Viva Johnson! Viva America!" cried the throngs. "Viva Napoli!" bellowed the Vice President. When he discovered a group of Italians about to emigrate to the U.S., Johnson hustled some future Democratic votes by observing that President Kennedy had recently named Anthony Celebrezze, who was born about 90 miles from Naples...
...thick wall of rock crumbled in a dense cloud of smoke and dust. A mile and a half down in the Alpine depths, tunnel workers from Italy and from France scrambled over the settling debris to meet in grimy embrace and exchange flags, helmets and undershirts. They cheered hoarsely: "Viva la Francia!" "Vive I'Italic!" Waterfalls & Soft Rock. It was the breakthrough for the world's longest vehicular tunnel, stretching 7.2 miles* beneath the icy, forbidding Alpine massif to join Courmayeur, Italy, and Chamonix, France, the famed ski resort. A magnificent feat of engineering, the French and Italian...
...said, "actors like Kirk Douglas started producing movies." Once, on a movie set, he scolded a submissive assistant with a memorable command: "Don't say yes until I'm finished talking." He also made some memorable pictures-Gentleman's Agreement, The Snake Pit, All About Eve, Viva Zapata...
...constitutional guarantees, dissolved Congress, arrested Electoral Tribunal officials "for trial," and promised "clean and pure elections" on June 9, 1963. Haya and other leaders of his party fled underground. The APRA-controlled Workers Confederation declared a general strike for this week. Crowds that gathered before the palace to shout "Viva la libertad!" and "Down with the junta!" were beaten with truncheons by police or routed with tear...
...second wife is a pretty Puerto Rican who has been on the Government payroll as his secretary. Powell was off in Washington. Inside the villa, 25 miles from San Juan, Wife Ivette was home alone with six-week-old Adam Diago and a maid. Suddenly there were cries of "Viva free Puerto Rico!", and a barrage of rocks hit the house. For an hour the men banged at the front door before giving...