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...curious fact that virtually all of the newer documents were records of loans made by the Lombard bankers of Italy to Crusaders passing through-and all were unearthed by the same genealogist, one Henri Courtois. But if these facts caused any doubts to arise, they were promptly quelled by the further fact that the greatest medievalist in France, Director Leon Lacabane of the Ecole des Chartes, authenticated each...
...years ago a young medievalist named Robert-Henri Bautier found occasion to examine some of Genealogist Courtois' documents more closely. With government help, he turned microscopes and ultraviolet rays on the moldy old parchments, only to discover that the ink and the writing on them was of a date far later than the parchments themselves. Wanting to be sure, Bautier enlisted the aid of police, archivists and other scholars, and set out in search of further knowledge of Genealogist Courtois. Last week, in the silent, august chamber of L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Scholar Bautier announced...
...largest number ever to attend a U.N. Security Council meeting, turned up in New York last week to debate the Suez crisis. Russia's bulky Dmitry Shepilov, jutting tall above his clump of Soviet assistants, moved about with a big smile and gladhand. Belgium's Paul Henri Spaak popped cherubically into place. The U.S.'s John Foster Dulles, arriving at the last moment, moved coldly past Shepilov to shake the hand of France's moon-faced Christian Pineau. For the instigators of the session, Great Britain and France, Britain's Selwyn Lloyd leaned forward...
...manufacture atomic weapons, has no nuclear firepower to substitute for manpower. As if belatedly noticing this big gap in his new line. Chancellor Adenauer last week also began suggesting that it was time for West Germany to have atomic arms. First the Chancellor startled Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak by asking his help in winning West Germany permission from the Western European Union to arm the Bundeswehr with tactical atomic weapons. A few days later, during a twelve-hour session to settle the terms for the return of the rich Saarland to West Germany next year, Adenauer broached...
...need to fight as a last resort against the loss of their irreplaceable strategic and material stake in the Middle East. As NATO met last week in Paris to contemplate the crisis that enfolds it by enfolding its two major European partners, Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak, a peace-loving if fiery statesman, said roundly that in his view the British and French had no alternative to risking force if they wished to safeguard their vital interests...