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Teddy White's expense account from Ceylon to Chungking passed across my desk for an okay this week. It gave me such a sharp new insight into what a correspondent's life in far-away places is really like these days that I thought you might also be interested in some of the entries. (A rupee is about 30 cents.)
91 rupees—For tropical shorts, shirts, and a monsoon raincoat. This island is only 8 degrees from the equator. The day I landed I almost passed...