THE WORLD OVER: A Show for a Goddess

THE WORLD OVER A Show for a Goddess Pasht (or Pussy) is a powerful cat-goddess credited by ancient Egyptians—and by a few modern ones—with seeing all, knowing all, and observing human affairs with the somewhat malicious humor common to felines. Last week the world's minor crises, persisting amid its major preoccupations, presented quite a spectacle for Pasht (if she was still watching).

In Czechoslovakia, the Red regime complained that overeager soccer players were threatening to wreck the five-year plan "with their determination to excel at all costs, even to the extent of injuring...

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