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Their whispered propaganda makes much of the fact that 3,000 whites monopolize almost all the fertile land in the cool "White Highlands," leaving the blacks to grub for a living in barren, low-lying "reserves." The Mau-Mau teaches that the white man's medicine (e.g., anti-rinderpest inoculation) kills instead of curing, and that pregnant black women are aborted in white hospitals...
...whatever of contributing to a G.O.P. victory in November. The eleven delegates, from the District of Columbia and the territories, represent areas without votes in the national election. Thus, of 464 convention votes which Taft has this week, 187 (or 40%) come from areas that in November will be barren, or almost barren, of practical results. If Taft's sterile 187 votes are subtracted from his 464 total, he has 277 convention votes from those parts of the country where the G.O.P. either has the lead or a good chance of getting it. Eisenhower has 63 votes (including...
...John Raitt) is a young Irishman who, when offered three wishes by the Queen of the Fairies, chooses travel, a lovely bride and a son who shall speak Gaelic. His first wish granted, Jamie gains his second (Anne Jeffreys) near Atlanta, Ga. But his bride turns out to be barren, and the third wish takes a lot of plot...
...thrifty townsfolk are quick to keep pace with the changing season. Even as the first buds peep from the ashen skin of the lofty Ginkgoes, so too do hints of color invade the once-barren display cases of the tiny shops and marts. Bright-hued apparel and shiny trinklets bedeck the shelves and counters. A holocaust impends, but all is yet serene waiting, waiting...
...struck. Bering and many of his crew lay helplessly rotting in their bunks. Waxell, hardly able to stand, took command. The ship was falling apart beneath him for want of able-bodied men to repair her, when at last, on Nov. 5, 1741 the St. Peter anchored off the barren Komandorskie isle (250 miles northwest of Attu) now called by Bering's name...