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Canterbury Cathedral's in-again-out-again medieval windows are on their way in again. The precious pieces of stained glass were painstakingly removed during World War I, buried out of harm's way. (No 20th-century glassworkers could duplicate the Canterbury windows, thought to have come from the studios of Chartres during the 13th Century.) Putting them back was a time-consuming task, and the last priceless piece was leaded into place just in time to be taken out again for World War II. Last week the replacement process began, again, as skilled workers fixed the first...
...land, were vastly different. All wanted security ("Give peace in our time, O Lord"). But on what other fundamental did they agree? Area of Agreement. Yet for nine weeks, and in surprising amity, the delegates at San Francisco labored together. One thing they had in common-nationhood, and the precious sovereignty which went with it. A great fact of San Francisco was that the nations were willing to give up a little of their sovereignty-just a little-to the world organization...
...helium, which weighs only one-seventh as much as air, to inflate airplane tires and thereby save precious cargo weight? This idea might have occurred to any ten-year-old, but it remained for engineers of the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp. to think of it. They propose to use it in Consolidated's projected plane, the 204-passenger CV-37, which will be so huge that it would normally carry 180 Ibs. of air in the tires alone. Cost of a helium pump-up (near a helium plant): about $50. Weight saving: 154 Ibs., the approximate equivalent...
...Champs-Elysees. France still awaited him. Five years to the day after the German entry into Paris, General Ike received the Cross of Liberation from General Charles de Gaulle. Then, saluting from an open car, he was driven between roaring thousands down the Champs-Elysees. To his collection of precious souvenirs, France added a gold-hiked sword which Napoleon had worn as First Consul, a gold cigaret case encrusted with five sapphire stars...
Moving the precious cargo along China's bandit-infested roads meant constant danger. At night, the Friends slept near their cabs. Religious scruples forbid them to carry guns or to travel with armed guards. One Friend's arm was so badly slashed when he tried to ward off a robber's sword that the nerves were severed...