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...year-old monarchs of the Middle East went sightseeing together in Bethlehem. King Hussein of Jordan, in military uniform, and his cousin, King Feisal II of Iraq, wearing a trim business suit, were photographed in a solemn mood at the birthplace of Christ...
...last week, carefully painting broad white circles around the metal telephone posts. The men had not gone mad, as some Sarumites suspected; they were simply trying to protect Her Britannic Majesty's property from ill-mannered dogs. After much experiment, Post Office researchers had reached a solemn conclusion: that not even dire necessity will drive a normal dog to cross a bright white line. Instead, dogs try to sneak around the end of the line, and, in the case of a circle, never venture inside it. "Dogs see everything in greys and whites," explained one dog expert. "A white...
...Disquieting Fear. Within an hour after the signing, President Eisenhower went on the air with a message to the nation. "With special feelings of sorrow, and with solemn gratitude," he said, "we think of those who were called upon to lay down their lives in that far-off land to prove once again that only courage and sacrifice can keep freedom alive upon the earth." He warned that the U.S. had "won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest. Throughout the coming months, during...
Secretary of State Dulles spoke: "This is a solemn hour . . . For the first time in history, an international organization has stood against an aggressor ... All free nations, large and small, are safer today because the ideal of collective security has been implemented." Dulles promised that in the political conference the U.S. would press for a united Korea. He, too, sounded a warning: "Let us recognize that the need for effort and for sacrifice has not passed . . . Let us, this time, not relax...
...sent an extension bill to the floor. During the five-hour debate, Virginia's Democrat Howard Smith compared the Administration to a highwayman who says: "Now give me your wallet. I know I ought not to do it . . . but I need the money, and I give you my solemn assurance ... I will never do it to you again." Smith's sally drew laughs, including a hearty peal from Dan Reed. But when the vote came, it was an overwhelming 325 to 77 for extension...