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...their respects to Poland. Ten abreast down the broad Danube quays they marched to Petofi Square, named after National Hero Sandor Petofi, a poet who sang songs of national liberation and in 1848 drew up the manifesto that launched Hungary's revolution against the Habsburg monarch. The yeast of rebellion among young Hungarian intellectuals had been fermenting these past few months in a group called the Petofi Club. A voice in the crowd shouted a line from a Petofi poem: "We vow we can never be slaves." Idol Smashing. The Petofi spirit spread like wildfire. All over Budapest there...
...outlined last week, the British plan was still mostly yeast in the vat of the future. The Cabinet, Macmillan emphasized, "has not yet arrived at a conclusion on this vital matter." There were strong reasons for the government's hesitation. British entry into a European free-trade area would involve painful adjustments. While some factories would prosper and expand, others would go out of business-a prospect to send cold chills down the spine of many a British industrialist. Some labor leaders were sure to make a fist at the very suggestion of even temporary disruptions of employment...
...when Jack Daniel, a mall (5 ft. 5 in.) tidy young man in 'rock coat and fawn-colored vest started to make whisky. Using spring water free of iron traces (murderous to whisky), he added the finest white corn, the best rye, barley malt, both fresh and ripe yeast to make a "sour" mash, different from most (fresh yeast only) bourbons. He let it ferment 24 hours longer than ordinary Dourbons, then leached it through vats of sugar-maple charcoal to purify it, and finally aged it four to six years in new, charred whiteoak barrels...
...that kills insects but is not deadly to humans, birds or animals. Jeeps with blowers will fog infested trees. The ground on infested property will be treated to kill the larvae as they enter the soil to pupate. Mop-up squads will catch straggling flies in traps baited with yeast...
Although most Manila newspapers did not look kindly on Billy ("As elaborately planned as bullfights," said the Daily Mirror of his rallies), one of the papers linked him with no less a preacher than Savonarola. Billy's sermon, said the Manila Times, "could well serve as a yeast to enliven the dormant spirituality of our nation . . . It is high time that our religious leaders turn to the task of making us better men and women. We need stirring sermons challenging us to good works as well as faith. We need a Catholic evangelist who will arouse us from...