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From the record, the conclusion can hardly be escaped that neither the British nor the Americans believed in their hearts what they kept telling themselves: that the postwar world could be organized on a rock of unity with Russia. They knew that democracy and Communism would not blend, but they could not find any other assumption upon which to face the postwar period. Communist propaganda, then very powerful in the U.S. and Britain, contributed to the myth that all but the Communist leaders half believed. But the main damage for which Yalta stands was not contrived by the Communists...
Humphrey said that secret work by the government and open research in the universities is a blend which will promote the greatest service to the country. "In the long run, the universities do best to provide the storehouse of learning on which applied research is based," he added...
Swallows in the Palace. At 32, King Norodom is plump, with thick black hair and a taste for black knitted ties. At his palace, an elegant blend of saffron and apricot coloring, King Norodom maintains a stable of thoroughbred horses, ceremonial elephants and a personal troupe of 50 dancing girls. While swallows dart freely above him. King Norodom will often play the saxophone, or conduct his own personal orchestra. He also writes movie scripts and produces them, occasionally playing the lead himself. Once he was great as a mad scientist, turning human victims into zombies at the prick...
...study "south of the border." The broadest course includes the history only of the West Indies and Carribean since 1492. The visiting lecturer each year should certainly be qualified to give one course with wider objectives--a course which would discuss the fundamental causes of Latin America's unique blend of communism, fascism, and democracy...
Mugging, singing, dancing, and dialogue blend most charmingly when Richard Smithies and William Bridges as the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle give Alice a demonstration of the Lobster Quadrille and describe their childhood in the school under the sea. Next in order of charm is the scene between Alice and Humpty-Dumpty, played by Colgate Salisbury...