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...with a murderer fleeing from the police. The chase, leading across England and Scotland and through a series of such colorful settings as a pawnshop, a boarding house, an amusement gallery and a small fishing village, has been staged with cinematic vigor by Director Charles (The Lavender Hill Mob) Crichton...
...Weak Shah. Qavam moved to counterattack. He hurried to the Shah, proposed that the Majlis be dissolved, and outlined plans to jail the mob leaders. At this point, the fight for Iran might have gone either way. But the attacks on the monarchy had scared the Shah; moreover, he feared, and not without reason, that Qavam's vigorous measures might cause defections in the army. The weak Shah refused the dangerous but necessary gamble...
...Qavam resigned the premiership; he could do nothing else. He hurried into hiding, and at week's end was still safe, though mobs cried for his head and the Parliament threatened to strip him of his fortune. As the news of Qavam's downfall spread, 72-year-old Mossadegh stepped out on his balcony, sobbed to the mob: "Your sacrifice today saved the country," and fainted...
...power. While the casket was placed in a huge horseshoe of mauve and white orchids, Peronistas gathered outside until finally there were half a million of them; four were killed, 2,500 injured in the crush. At length the ministry's doors were opened, and the grieving mob poured in to peer through the casket's full-length glass top at the wasted body of the 20th century's most powerful woman...
...Mathias left a mob of newsmen and radio sportcasters in his dressing room, came out and trotted once more around the track to the roar of 5,000 diehard fans. He had racked up a total of 7,887 points, 62 points better than his own world record. But the cheering was not all for the pride of Tulare: his two team mates, New Jersey's 1 8-year-old Milton Campbell and North Carolina's Floyd Simmons had nailed down second and third places for a U.S. sweep of the Olym pics' most demanding test...