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Two Nations. "Great is Malan's victory," crowed Die Vaderland. "The brutal reality is that we are two nations . . ." said the Cape Argus. Cunningly, Daniel Malan tried to close the white ranks to his own political advantage. He offered a coalition with "all those who accept apartheid in full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Reversing the Boer War | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

The hero of his book is a 1 ft. 4 in. lizard named Frut, a happy-go-lucky character with a decent respect for the customs of his native tableland. Frut says his prayers dutifully, bows to the wisdom of the Sages, and even intones the slogan, "All lizards are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lizard in Limbo | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

But, in her early 20s, Ida Scudder went back to India to help her ailing mother. One night, as she sat alone in the mission bungalow at Tindivanam, a Brahman came to the door with a tale of woe. His child wife was in labor, and the midwives had given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Family Tradition | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

French West Africa, ten times the size of California, fills the bulge of West Africa. Population: 16 million, including 62,000 "Europeans," and a colonial "elite," the product of the French policy of "assimilating" educated Africans into French culture. (French colonial officers may claim family allowances for their illegitimate half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Foreign News, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

Kes? Yes! As one of the few Sikhs ever born in Boston, 22-year-old Walter Israel NeHalsingh speaks English with a Back Bay accent and has dropped many of his warrior caste's ancient ways. Walter's India-born father is a Harvard man, and Walter is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Kes? Yes! | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

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