Word: africa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lincoln really had on his mind that fateful day was the patronage struggle for the Chicago postmastership. *Gandhi, like Lincoln, had his family sorrows. His first son Hiralal, who drinks, was estranged from Gandhi, was once a convert to Islam. Last week second son Manilal was in Durban, South Africa...
Last week it appeared that civilization has been maligned. Medical Missionary Walter E. Strangway reported that in Portuguese West Africa stomach and duo denal ulcers are common among natives...
Gluckstein boasted that "we have a know-how on this frozen-food business that the Americans haven't got." At least he had variety, 189 items from tomato soup to chicken supreme and mousse. And with new tea and coffee plants opening up in South Africa and Canada, Lyons could well be confident-on the strength of food, if not Frood-of becoming greater than ever...
...Majesty's Government in the House of Commons last week. Was it true, he wanted to know, that shortly before New Year's Eve, 1947, two crates containing 24 bottles of whiskey had been flown from Scotland to ailing, vacationing Winston Churchill in North Africa...
Mellaha airfield in Libya, on the north coast of Africa, will soon be reopened as a U.S. base. Government officials reported last week that Britain, which administers the former Italian colony, has temporarily turned the base back...