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...hands and kissing children, calling back to Kadar to come and translate for him. Ceremonies creaked on through their echoing silences, and the shabby little parade of the Hungarian army, on the 13th anniversary of Hungary's capture from the Nazis, only served to show that it could muster neither as many tanks, planes, rockets nor men as the other military force stationed in Hungary-the Red army. But it was a national holiday and Good Friday, and after the parade a crowd of perhaps 200.000 Hungarians surged through the streets...
Khalil's rugged independence paid off. Last week, with most of the ballots counted, Khalil's Umma Party was winner of 75 seats to El Azhari's 45. But Khalil needs another twelve votes to muster a majority in the 173-man Parliament, and both sides were busy wooing adherents among the minor parties and independents. Said one cynical observer: "For the next few days, you won't be able to sleep around here for the clink of money...
...sigh to one so profound and deep that it results in an agonizing cry ... a small death." On the other hand, the article added, "millions of women feel nothing at all." and the "timing of the climaxes can take five years to perfect." For the apprentice mate who cannot muster even a sigh. counseled Sexpert Hilliard, "the worthiest duplicity on earth" is to pretend to a man that "he can cause a flowering within her." By way of re-enlisting readers who might have grown discouraged by this sort of thing, the new Digest piece (condensed from McCall...
...support a $100-a-plate fund-raising speech from House Republican Leader Joe Martin in Houston. In the letter was a pointed paragraph that punctured the great gas balloon. Excerpts: "Joe Martin . . . has always been a friend of Texas, especially of the oil-and gas-producing industries. He mustered two-thirds of the Republican votes in the House each time the bill was passed ... It will be up to Joe Martin to muster at least 65% of the Republican votes in order to pass the gas bill this year...
...trouble doing anything wrong as it played one of its best games of the year. The three lines were in top form, but the most encouraging factor of the game was really the outstanding play of the varsity defense. It effectively throttled any kind of attacks the Eagles could muster and continually set up plays for the Crimson forwards...