Word: aprile
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once before, Prime Minister Nkrumah had rushed to the center of the African stage by calling a conference of independent states to proclaim the new "African personality" (TIME, April 28). This time the delegates were not government officials to be whisked about in air-conditioned limousines, but representatives of trade unions, political parties, agricultural and youth groups. The whole idea was the brainchild of Nkrumah's "adviser on African affairs," George Padmore, a 55-year-old, Trinidad-born and U.S.-educated (Howard and Fisk) Negro who in his far travels has frequently fellow-traveled. "People of Africa, unite!" said...
...Tokyo airport, to the thunder of a 21-gun salute. For the next five days the Garcias, who like to live well both at home and abroad, were treated like royalty. Stung by criticism of her taste for jewelry and the corruption in her husband's regime (TIME, April 21), Mrs. Garcia wore her jewels only twice...
Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not for Burning was selected by the Harvard Dramatic Club last night for its final major production this year. James E. Stinson '59, president, said that he expected the play to be produced in Agassiz Theater in the second half of April...
...recent months (see chart). In cottons, a fresh burst of heavy orders has many mills booked solid through the first quarter, is bound to turn sales curves upward beginning this month. The price of the industry's bellwether grade of unfinished cloth has climbed well above April's 12-year low, has advanced 7% in recent weeks. Prices have jumped as much as 12% for industrial textiles used in such things as cars and shoes...
...five-day week, mills trimmed output by 10% during this year's first half, whittled inventories from 6.3 weeks of sales in June to 5.3 weeks in September. With inventories down and orders up, mills changed course this fall, boosted output almost 15% above the April level...