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...insists that he has the guns and money to go it alone. And the West Indies are alive with rumors that he is being besieged with offers of help from underworld types anxious to establish a gambling haven, land developers, and a Greek shipping magnate eager to fly the Anguillan flag (two mermaids holding a seashell, a spear and an olive leaf) as a cost-cutting flag of convenience. Evidence to back up the rumors is as elusive as the eel for which French explorers named Anguilla 400 years ago. The only hard fact is that the Anguillans seem determined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Caribbean: Calypso Challenge | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

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