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Word: abidjan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Volunteer away from the routine of his regular assignment, often to more informal duties, and gives him a chance to see different aspects of the country he is working in. This summer Volunteers in the Ivory Coast chose projects ranging from running a huge day camp for children in Abidjan to building a cultural center in a small town in the North...

Author: By Efrem Sigel, | Title: Working In Africa With The Peace Corps | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

...plotted action against Chinese Communist infiltration, accused "certain states, notably Ghana," of subversion and, for the first time, called for support of Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe in his battle against the Simbas. Last week a majority of the nations met again, in the Ivory Coast's capital of Abidjan, to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: The Biggest Bloc | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

...mellifluously named ruler than the Ivory Coast. President Félix Houphouet-Boigny dwells in a $12 million palace resplendent with 52 types of marble and an air-conditioned wine cellar. The French government spends $50 million a year in aid on its former colony in order to make Abidjan a showcase of French influence - but it remains a showcase for much else besides. At a hastily called meeting of foreign diplomats and government officials, the President last week revealed that he had come within a fork's length of being assassinated by -of all things-juju...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ivory Coast: Juju Justice | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

...army, he would rather it be his brand of aware ness. The Ivory Coast's President Felix Houphouet-Boigny has perhaps the easiest solution to the problem: since the Ivoriens have no enemies to fight, he has simply taken their guns away. Even the cops in Abidjan carry nothing more deadly than cigarettes and money in their holsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: Who Is Safe? | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

...abroad this year-in Athens, Hong Kong, Montreal, Rome, Rotterdam, and Tokyo. Intercontinental Hotels, a subsidiary of Pan American, plans to add nine new hotels to its present 14 before year's end. They will be in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Frankfurt, Vienna, Geneva, Singapore, Hong Kong, and at Abidjan on the Ivory Coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels: Where the Water Is Safe | 4/5/1963 | See Source »

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