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Dismayed I am, however, that the author found such unrelieved monosyllabic expressions being voiced by Santas, shopkeepers and civilians as "Ooops!" "Oof!" "Ho! Ho! Ho!" "Bah!" and even "Aughh!" I wonder if TIME'S reporter paused long enough in any store to listen for a seasonal "Excuse me, please" or a polysyllabic "I certainly appreciate your waiting, madam!" as I did on more than one occasion...
...Haah?" grunted shoppers as they pounded their way into thickening throngs that filled the stores. "Ooops!" they said, and "Oof!" "Aughh!" and sometimes "Bah!" and sometimes "Oooh...
...night now with the assurance that we will be safe and secure, as our "former" enemies, now conquered, would surely never attack a land with such a charmante beauty at its helm. Bouffant hairdos! Pillbox hats! Bah! 'Tis a sad state of affairs indeed...
Though his menu lists such exotic items as Bongo Bongo Soup, Javanese Sate and Bah-Mee, they are really American versions (or inventions) for American palates. "Take a Tahitian pudding made with arrowroot," says the Trader. "It's so tough you can throw it and use it as a handball. Or take a squab. In the average Chinese restaurant, that little fella comes out with his dead eyes staring you in the face. When the customer sees that naked head and the beak and the eyes, he wants no part of it. We chop the neck off it, barbecue...
...Perfect Victorian. No man better symbolizes the strengths and hopes of independent Nigeria than Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (pronounced Bah-lay-wah). At 47, he is slight of figure (5 ft. 8½ in., 136 Ibs.), and his wispy mustache and greying, crew-cut beard make him look older than he is. Reserved and unassuming, he is a rare bird in a land famed for flamboyant politicians, was once described by an African magazine as a "turtledove among falcons...