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Spina, the half-mythical Etruscan "Venice" on the swampy Po delta, was one of the world's great cities in the 5th century B.C. Ancient writings tell tales of its wealth and luxury, but over the centuries the silt of the Po has been pushing the shore line into the Adriatic. Cut off from the sea, Spina declined in late Roman times to a village; then it disappeared. Cemeteries believed to be connected with it were found and recently excavated by both thieves and archaeologists (TIME, Nov. 8, 1954), but the remains of the city itself lay obstinately hidden...
...prosecutor of that time would have dragged these young people into court and called them hooligans and criminal elements. But since the revolution was won, they are national heroes, and their picture has become a symbol of revolution." Hejmowski's meaning was clear: when the "revolution," i.e., Po land's break away from the Russians, is consummated the defendants in the Poznan court might well become heroes...
...days that followed, Li Po was as inquisitive as any youngster, but with a difference. Why was there no portrait of Mao Tse-tung on the wall? How were Aunty and Uncle Huang serving the people? Why were the poisonous movies of the Americans shown in Hong Kong...
That night Li Po angrily snapped out the lamp as Mr. Huang read his newspaper. "There is a light in the other room," he informed his host briskly. "You are wasting electricity, the people's money and the people's sweat and labor." Hoping to befriend his nephew, Mr. Huang offered him candy. Li Po shot out his hand eagerly, withdrew it when he saw the English lettering on the wrappers. "I do not eat goods of the enemy," he said, and turned his head away...
Anxious to answer these questions in their own way, the Huangs asked Hsiao Ming to leave Li Po in Hong Kong for schooling. "They would not mind if I stayed in Hong Kong," answered Hsiao Ming, "but if the boy did not return to the nursery, it would cause my husband great trouble." Then she added: "You find the ways of my son strange, and even suggest-though I know you meant no offense-that he has not been receiving the right kind of teaching. I cannot tell any longer what is right or wrong. I only know that...