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...became bored with sheepherding at the age of 17. In time Liandru's forays became as legendary in the Sardinian hills as those of Jesse James in Missouri. Local law officers credited him and his band with more crimes than they could ever have found time to commit, but they could never find him to press the charges. Then, three years ago, Liandru's luck seemed to turn. Time after time the carabinieri barely missed catching him. How that could be, nobody was saying, but one Sunday morning in 1949, the parishioners of Orgosolo got a strong hint...
...ranking official of Protestant Christianity since the 17th century, is, by Fisher's own description, "a constitutional governor." In Britain, he has direct authority only over his own diocese. Although he presides over the Church Assembly and deals with the government on ecclesiastical issues, he cannot of himself commit the church to any major decision...
...also reminded the public what a faithful wife she had been during Rose's trouble with Showgirl Joyce Mathews. "When Billy called me because he was in trouble when the police found Joyce Mathews in his penthouse trying to commit suicide, I rushed to him and protected him." At the time, Rose had told his public: "Now is the time to have a wife." Eleanor now charges that he had "later betrayed me again and again...
...ordered his personal apology broadcast all day long over the Cairo radio. Naguib made it up in another way; he gave the twins a two-hour exclusive interview supplying a firsthand account of the revolt he led against Farouk. Said Mustafa happily as he left the general: "May you commit 10,000 more errors as harmless as this if it will help bring the real culprits...
Governor Adlai Stevenson probably could have the nomination for the asking. The heat is on him from all sides, including Administration members, to announce that he is available. Harry Truman, who favored Stevenson, is getting a little cooler. Reasons: 1) Truman is annoyed with Stevenson's refusal to commit himself, suspects him of waiting to see whom the Republicans will nominate. Truman feels that any red-blooded Democrat ought to be ready & willing to run against any Republican. 2) Stevenson has soft-pedaled some Fair Deal program points, and has told friends that he is not sure whether Harry...