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...Brazil's mood appears far from revolutionary. Political tension building toward an eruption of violence is not evident; the voters who swept Getulio into office still feel fond of him. They blame high prices, their worst problem, on "the men around Vargas." In explanation of the old (69) man's inactivity, they would probably accept the statement he made privately last week. "I never knew," said Getulio, "that these first two years would be so hard...
Juan Perón is fond of saying that Plato's ideal of the benevolent philosopher-ruler has at last been achieved in Argentina. Doctor (honoris causa) of the University of Buenos Aires and author of the "20 truths" of Peronismo (social justice, old-age pensions, etc.), Perón sees himself as a sage as well as a strong man. Last week some of Perón's lectures at the Peronista Normal School for party leaders were published in book form in Buenos Aires; they glittered with inside dope on how to grab and hold political...
Time & again, 20th century Britons have tried to amend or abolish the Quiet Sunday Laws, only to find themselves up against a coalition of fond tradition and the Lord's Day Observance Society, a body which is resolutely led by 71-year-old Herbert Henry Martin, known all over Britain as "Misery" Martin...
...only justified monopoly," the founder of the Kansas City (Mo.) Star was fond of saying, "is the monopoly of excellence." By trying to practice this maxim advocated by Founder William Rockhill Nelson, the 72-year-old evening Star (circ. 361,226), together with its morning edition, the Times (353,202), has built a monopoly reaching into 96% of all Kansas City homes, and stretching into communities on both the Kansas and the Missouri sides of the Missouri River. Like the county clerk's office, the Star has become such a public institution that it dutifully prints news items...
...Because one 12th century Sultan's wife was so fond of golden slippers that she threatened to cut off the feet of anyone else who dared wear them...