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...somewhere in the Andes was an Inca capital that the Spanish never reached. Thereupon, he had gone out from Cuzco with a group of eager young scientists, had struck down the might gorge of the Urubamba canyon. Finally, on a muleteer's grudging tip, Bingham crawled up the peak known as Machu Picchu. There, under trees and matted vines, lay the lost city...
...about 1100. To this spot, he believes, the pre-Inca ruler Pachacuti retreated before Amazonian hordes. On the mountain terraces, the pre-inca civilization survived to go forth with manco, the first Inca, to Cuzco and the far-flung empire (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador) that the Spaniards found. To this peak the last Incas fled to live out their days in cloudswept palaces that no white man saw till, in 1911, Hiram Bingham found them...
...Paul speech was the peak of a gratifying week. At every village, town and city, the crowds waited in startling numbers. Dayton turned out more than 50,000 strong. Akron's rubber workers and the Democratic machine put on the biggest political show in the city's history; more than 60,000 stood for two hours along the main streets, cheering wildly as Truman passed. In Springfield, Ill., the oldtime campaign flares were burning and streets were packed twelve deep. In Duluth, half the city (pop. 110,000) lined Superior Street for more than two miles, clambered...
...relieve the boredom, reporters turned to inventing cynical little ditties. The best the Dewey press corps could work up was a feeble jingle about "Unity plus Dewnity." The boys with Truman were more inspired; they hit their peak with a parody of I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover...
...number of our own men couldn't find seats at times," Little explained. "It's a tough break, but as soon as we get over the peak lead, we'll gladly go back to unlimited inter-House...