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...longer the hunters but the hunted. Changing cars frequently, they move from one hiding place to the other and are surrounded by armed guards that they cannot always trust. The real government of Algiers seems to be in the hands of Salan and the S.A.O., which can apparently commit any crime with impunity. The few who are captured and brought to trial expect-and get-clemency from their intimidated judges...
...that secessionist Katanga accept Leopoldville's control without qualification. At 3 p.m. the conferees ordered in beer and sandwiches, kept talking while they ate. At 8:30 p.m. came the call for more food, and this time some whisky. It now appeared that Tshombe was flatly refusing to commit his Katanga province to the Congo's Belgian-drafted provisional constitution, the Loi Fondamentale...
...memory of the oldest bleacherite, not a single triple play was made in either league. But fielding was as slick as ever. Milwaukee led all National League teams, New York topped the American League, and only five of the 18 big-league clubs were butter-fingered enough to commit an average of one error a game. The individual stars: Cardinal Veteran Stan Musial, better known for his hitting, set a record by becoming the National League's best-fielding outfielder for the third time; Red Sox Rookie Chuck Schilling booted only eight balls all season, set an American League...
McGeorge Bundy once said that an ideal Freshman would be ready to join the Faculty. He did not pose a somewhat more significant quotion: whether a Freshman would want to join the Faculty. Many students are reluctant to commit themselves to science, at least, and Harvard's atmosphere militates against any final commitment...
...distresses me most of all is the thought of the consequences which you will suffer as a result of your behaviour. No one will believe or trust you who has heard what has happened and how you have mortally ruined me." Taking all this to heart, Karl tried to commit suicide in 1826. Beethoven never got over the shock. A year later he died...