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Wounded by the barbs of controversy, sensitive Lewis Strauss vowed never to accept another Government post once he stepped down as AEChairman. Big reasons why he took on the Commerce job despite that vow: 1) a conviction that much can be done on the international economic front to help the West win the cold war and 2) a desire to overcome his reputation as a man of war and big bombs -a reputation that devoutly religious Lewis Strauss thoroughly detests...
...every tourist knows, London's horse guards take the vow of silence on duty. As they sit majestically astride their mounts in Whitehall, children may taunt them, cameramen may pop flashbulbs in their faces, and tourist guides may speak about the guardsmen as if they were not really there. The guardsman is under orders never to move a muscle except to control his horse, never to speak except to summon a policeman or foot sentry "if something happens." For almost 300 years it has been that...
Before he set off for America at the age of 25, Athanassios Konstantinides, a poor Greek farmer in Asia Minor, made a vow to a 15-year-old girl. Never would he be "lured by an American beauty"; when his fortune was made, he would send back to the Turkish village of Yala-zik for his beloved Soultana, and they would be married. Soultana promised to wait for him. That...
Zarur is untroubled by such attacks, has just announced a momentous decision: he is about to get married. "I fascinate women," he explained before a meeting of his closest followers. "Every day I receive dozens of love letters that remain unanswered because of the vow of celibacy that I took. At the time, I needed to dedicate myself to building up our legion, but now the work is done. Jesus told me that celibacy is no longer necessary." Anxious disciples wanted to know whether the marriage (the bride's identity is still secret) would make any difference...
...reader on a skillfully guided tour of the fortress; it is her special merit that she observes the outside as well as the inside (including some rarely seen rooms), with equal sensibility. Two by Two contains four studies of the married state, each taking its title from a vow in the marriage service...