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...Viva! Mexico was ready for him. The weather was perfect-hot, bright, dry. Hundreds of thousands cheered him as he rode through the city, flanked by noisy coveys of brown-uniformed federal motorcycle policemen. When he made an appearance at the national stadium he was greeted by waves of applause, bugle calls, band music and a thunderous 21-gun salute...
...Socialist days. She has remained one of Italian Socialism's most legendary heroines. Said Balabanov: "I left Russia when I realized that the Revolution had been converted into a matter of political exploitation."* The delegates reacted as if they had been lashed, and for 30 minutes shouts of "Viva la Russia!" rose to the roof. Then Balabanov continued: "You are wasting time trying to interrupt me. Communists and reactionaries have been trying to do that for 45 years, and haven't succeeded yet." Amidst a crescendo of cries of "Viva la Russia!" she concluded: "Viva il Socialismo Internazionale...
...since the truck gardeners went on strike." "Oh well," said the husband, "then just fry it in oil." The wife's answer: "There's none to be had." The husband chucked t" e fish back. Cried the fish as it popped its head out of the water: "Viva...
...Viva Wallace!" Truman's troubles had begun with his endorsement of Wallace's now famed Madison Square Garden speech (TIME, Sept. 23). The President had collected his wits long enough to repudiate both his own inept words and the speech. But last week newsmen got wind of something else. This was a confidential memorandum on foreign affairs which Wallace had written to the President in July. Someone in Wallace's Commerce Department-doubtless thinking that this was an opportune time to embarrass the President-had given a copy to Columnist Drew Pearson, who intended to publish...
...Everything's lovely." What had happened? He had merely promised that "he would make no public speeches or statements until the 'Foreign Ministers' Conference in Paris is concluded." In the crowd of spectators which had gathered to see what all the excitement was about, someone shouted: "Viva Wallace!" Wallace leaped into his auto, shouted in his best Berlitz-taught Spanish: "Muchas gracias," and rolled away...