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...hint of defeat crept into Manuel Roxas' prepared Independence Day speech to his countrymen. Said he: "In the world of affairs we irretrievably subscribe to the principles enunciated by the great leaders of the American revolution, to the cause and program being led today by the U.S. The system of free but guided enterprise is our system. We will defend it against the ideological onslaughts . . . of anti-democratic creeds. The proponents of these views will be protected in their right to hold and openly advocate them. They will not be protected in subversive schemes to destroy the structure...
...first big post-V-E day demonstration anywhere in Germany was a hint of what might be in store as the conquered came out of the stupor of defeat...
...attempt to look like occidentals the actors appeared with built-up noses and shoes, actresses with built-up busts and behinds. But the translation was clear and faithful. Did the Jap audience get the anti-fascist point? The faces behind the calmly wagging bamboo fans gave no hint...
Ancient Art. The origin of the enema is veiled in the mist of antiquity. The Hindu Vedas hint of its use in 2000 B.C. In the sth Century Herodotus noted that "the Egyptians clear themselves on three consecutive days every month." The Egyptians learned the art, said the Roman Naturalist Pliny, from the long-beaked ibis, who "washes the inside of his body by introducing water with his beak into the channel by which ... the residue of our food should leave...
...decided against marrying again, she is taking a job as schoolmarm in the gaudy, uncivilized court of King Mongkut (Rex Harrison). The King's domestic arrangements are already pretty well set, what with his hundreds of wives and concubines and an estimated 67 children. There is never a hint of romance between Anna and her difficult new boss. But their relationship is complex, mature, always threatening to explode...