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Cracks in the Clique. Argentina, unlike Bolivia, is neither weak nor pathetic. But her Government is not invulnerable; it has several cracks. Its President, General Pedro Ramirez, pushed into the background by the "Colonels' Clique" headed by Colonel Juan Domingo Peron, does not enjoy obscurity. Within the Clique itself, Peron has serious rivals, who resent his growing power. Most dangerous seems to be Colonel Enrique Gonzalez, Cabinet-ranking Secretary to the Presidency...
...being done in the usual thorough American way - that is, competently, slickly, attractively - and Britain and what she is doing to win the war and her cultural background generally are hardly ever heard...
...remarkable fact that the Messrs. Shubert can present such a large and youthful men's chorus as the Prince's fellow students. Although the ensemble seems decreased in size, it still provides a pleasant background for the principals' songs and does not seem diminished in vocal power when singing its won, "To the Inn We're Marching" and the "Drinking Song...
...looks with new eyes on the broad realm of creation and discovers in the pulpy flower or plant something zoömorphic, and in the animal something plantlike. He sees trees as tender, trembling creatures hovering in the soft air; landscape is for him no longer a mere background to man but a space filled with light...
...started with an army of about 200,000 in 1939 and, against the background of the Alice-in-Wonderlandish Congress of the '30s, shaped it into what it is today...