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Word: ashe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...elections in 1953, many southern tribesmen arrived at the polls under the impression that the government was going to give them a big party. A few arrived drunk on dura (millet) beer, and at one polling station a naked tribesman appeared smeared from head to foot with white wood ash. Asked why, he replied with simple dignity: "Is my clothes." Others refused to vote at all, regarded the whole procedure as a remote, devious and none-too-honest power struggle between the "foreigners" in the north. Now, though they still live in prehistory's backyard, many of the southerners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Promise on the Nile | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

Seniors Geoff Locke, Ash Hallett and Woody Harris were the three Crimson forwards who stood out, and three-quarters Jim Damis and Ricky Carey both threatened when they had a chance to run with the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Lose, 5-0 | 11/12/1957 | See Source »

Dave Steinberg and Ash Hallett are the other two returning veterans of last years' team, although freshmen Roy Jakeman, Warren Young, and converted wing Langi Kavaliku have all played overseas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ruggers Rate Slight Edge In Match With Tigers Here Today | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

Filling in for Jim Damis, with exams, and Captain Alan Waddell, with 'flu, at the halfback positions are centre Jim Doolan and forward Ash Hallett. Barrett Churchill and John Righter will play their first games for the first fifteen on the wings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New York Rugby Club Favored Over Weakened Crimson Today | 11/2/1957 | See Source »

...changes in this week's Crimson team are a sign of the strong competition for places, but injuries have also played a part. Flank Ash Hallett is a doubtful starter due to flu, and the side's two outstanding 200-lb. props, Charlie Eaton and Derek Henderson, are both out for the rest of the season, as the result of an old football injury and a displaced cartilage respectively. Replacing them will be French law student Philip Monnot and freshman Warren Young...

Author: By Alastair J.C.E. Rellie, | Title: Crimson Rugby Teams Will Meet Favored Green Here This Morning | 10/26/1957 | See Source »

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