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...political) sense had almost ceased to be an island, that the North Sea, Dover Strait and the English Channel, which for centuries had served England "in the office of a wall, or as a moat defensive to a house," had for purpose of war shriveled to a trickle. Henceforth, unless a defense as effective as rocket bombs could be developed, Britain was within shattering range of any aggressive European power...
...three-year political
deadlock and put her "on the road to self-government." In London,
Leopold Amery, Secretary of State for India, announced the proposal to
an approving Parliament. High points:
Spruille Braden, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, summoned the U.S. correspondents into his office. Pleased as an outsized Punch, he "announced that the Argentine Government had abolished all press censorship. Henceforth the newsmen might cable their stories direct, without subterfuge, delay or fear of retaliation. The correspondents were properly gratified, gave hard-hitting Braden much of the credit. Only one skeptic remarked: "Seems we heard this before...
Resigning his Madrid appointment, Sickles worked feverishly for his mistress and her son. Came the day when the young man was triumphantly crowned as Alfonso XII and Isabella, henceforth bound to more conventional behavior, sadly said goodbye to her lover. Sickles returned to New York and resumed his long-forgotten law practice...
...training under arms-with West Point graduates as the chief teachers. If defeated, this program will probably be replaced by a vast expansion of the standing army and the reserve officer training program. Whatever the outcome, one thing is certain: West Point, the backbone of the U.S. Army, henceforth will have a greater influence on peacetime U.S. living and learning than ever before...