Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...founder of the new nation of Ghana, Osagyefo [Defender], Oyeadieyie [Does All Well], Kantamanto [Never Failing], Tufuhene Okyeade [Ever-Giving Leader]' Kukudrufo [Brave] Kwame Nkrumah!'' Presents poured in: sheep and food from Ghanaian farmers, a Piper Cub plane from Israel's Prime Minister Ben-Gurion...
While in London, the team visited the House of Commons, saw Winston Churchill and Big Ben, and attended three or four parties each week. The boys stayed at the homes of English families connected with tennis, and played at Wimbledon as honorary members of the All-England Club...
...days before independence, Bourguiba often dropped into L'Action's office to discuss issues or give a helping hand with the layout of the paper, which he affectionately called "my baby." He made young (28) Editor Bechir Ben Yahmed his first Minister of Information, backed him when Yahmed allowed foreign journalists to see the defects as well as the achievements of the new regime. L'Action supported the stoutly pro-Western Bourguiba in his opposition to Nasser. But as time went on, it began to criticize the long delay in providing a new constitution, urged new elections...
Bourguiba turned hostile, and Yahmed resigned from the Cabinet. The final break came when Bourguiba brought to trial Millionaire Tahar ben Amar, a moderate nationalist who served as interim Premier before Bourguiba took over. Although Ben Amar was charged with tax evasion, the government used the trial to accuse him of "treason" in helping the Bey's family smuggle jewels from the country. Complained old Ben Amar: "I did not want to be Premier in the first place. I only accepted because Bourguiba pleaded with me to accept." The court's finding: no treasonable behavior, but it levied...
Trousseau. In Johnson City, Tenn., when detectives arrested 76-year-old Ben Howard Gibbs for shoplifting, he was carrying two cartons of cigarettes, four watchbands, two pipes, four pairs of eyeglasses, 25 assorted drill bits, eleven pocket knives, a ring, a safety razor, a marriage license...