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...speeches, the Shah reconfirmed Iran's commitment to the West. He recalled that on the day he took his throne at the age of 21, in 1941, Teheran was "invaded and occupied" by Russian troops. At the end of the war, the Russians who "molested my country" were forced out only by the combined efforts of the U.S. and the United Nations. Because of this experience, said the Shah, "we decided to throw our lot officially and openly with the Western nations...
...morning last week, Pope John XXIII, walking briskly, crossed the threshold of the Vatican's Consistory Hall, followed in order of seniority by 29 purple-clad cardinals. As soon as he was seated on his throne, the papal master of ceremonies cried out, in accordance with" the rubrics of this historic ritual, "Extra omnes [Everyone outside]" A host of attending bishops and monsignori, the chamberlains and members of the Noble Guard bowed to the throne and withdrew; the doors were closed. The Pope, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ, and absolute ruler of the largest religious body in Christianity...
...church, cardinals are, as they should be, men of awe, whom Pope John last year compared to the marvelous wheels in the sky seen by the prophet Ezekiel. The Princes of the Church, he said, are men who "move around the throne of the most highest, who have no concern except for his glory, except to carry forward his fiery chariot, who when they touch the earth transform it with the ardor of their charity...
Mary found her next husband in a German spa. He was stiff-necked Count Alfred von Waldersee, whose one attraction for Mary was his friendship with Prince Wilhelm, heir to the German throne. In due course, Mary met Wilhelm. She was a svelte 42, he only 21. Noting that his withered left arm made him feel insecure, she put him at ease with a few soulful chats. She earned his gratitude by finding him a submissive little wife, who later bore him eight children. Husband in tow, Mary moved into an elegant house in Berlin overlooking the River Spree. Wilhelm...
...Fatherland, and excoriated Jews. Mary dreamed of a pure Protestant empire stretching from the U.S. to Europe to the Middle East, and rabid nationalists from all over Germany swarmed to sit at her feet. Under her influence, Wilhelm lost all interest in liberalism. When he succeeded to the throne in 1888, he dismissed Bismarck (who considered Mary a meddlesome woman, snubbed her salon and its anti-Semitism and irritated Wilhelm by the power he commanded) and appointed Mary's husband Chief of the General Staff of the Army. A U.S. newspaper cheered the home-town girl...