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...Conceded the need for reparations to countries ravaged by "Hitlerite aggression," with the proviso that the heaviest burden be placed on "the shoulders of the wealthiest groups...
George Patton, individual, can be engagingly attractive-urbane, almost courtly in manner, quiet in speech. Reputedly one of the Regular Army's wealthiest officers, he has a high social polish. He and his wife, Beatrice Ayer Patton, both have ample means, and in peacetime enjoy social life at their California ranch and handsome farm at Hamilton, Mass. In moments of ease Patton mixes a heady conversational cocktail of military erudition that might range from the 6th Century B.C. precepts of Sun Tzu to the tactics by which George Patton took the citadel at Metz...
...King Farouk inclined his plump person in a cordial bow. Then they all went ashore, where a city of silken tents had sprung up overnight. For the first time ever, massive, majestic Ibn Saud, absolute ruler of the biggest, near-medieval Arab state, and King Farouk, ruler of the wealthiest, most progressive Arab state, exchanged the traditional obeisances of greeting. The two sovereigns had long been rivals for the leadership of still unborn Pan-Arabia...
...guardians of their health, And if it's true that health is wealth, We'll make New York the wealthiest town on earth...
...Mogul emperors had their pleasure gardens by the lakes of Kashmir, but on the whole the hill station habit is something new for the Indians. Only the wealthiest among them can enjoy it, and the place they like best is Mussoorie, the epitome of all that is fast, flashy and fashionable. The hills are for maharajas, their courts and courtesans, for members of the Viceroy's council, and for kings in cotton and jute...