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...that Egypt as a sovereign nation had a legal right to nationalize the Canal Company-an Egyptian entity which he likened to a public utility with a government charter-so long as Egypt paid due compensation. But he also held that Nasser, in seizing the canal itself, had violated solemn treaties.* In the end, the Big Three duly called a conference of 24 nations "deeply concerned with use of the canal"* to meet in London Aug. 16. At Dulles' insistence, those invited included not only Egypt but Russia (the British and French swallowed hard at first, having spent half...
Among them: Captain Calamai, his uniform grimy, his braided cap gone, his face solemn and sad. Next day Stockholm limped in at seven knots and docked with more than 500 survivors. On the pier, some families who had gone from ship to incoming ship searching for kin turned and sadly walked away...
...Madonna. Once each year, to emphasize the differences between themselves and the'more effete Romans across the river, the proud Trasteverini pay homage to saints and sinners alike in a fortnight-long Festa de' Noantri-the Festival of Us Others. The celebration begins with a solemn procession in honor of the Madonna del Carmine, for as well as being the brawlingest quarter of Rome, Trastevere boasts the first church ever built in Rome to the glory of the Madonna. But with the procession over, the solemnity is at an end, and for two weeks the alleys of Trastevere...
That night, as spring rain turns into flood. Lovey feasts on filched delicacies in Robber Jim's rose-filled shanty, feels the first tug of happiness again. Fleeing the flood. Old Repent and Jim take Lovey back to the hilltop cemetery, there assuage her grief with a solemn second funeral for granny in a borrowed tomb. By the time her frantic parents find her, sorrow has thawed Lovey's heart, and love for Jim has helped her to reach again for life. Recognizing that even her parents, though foolish, are fond, Lovey is ready to leave the graveyard...
Artist & Asset. Such promise of security has not long been a part of the game. In a solemn and scholarly study published this week (The Baseball Player; Public Affairs Press; $3.75), the University of Alabama's Economics Professor Paul...