Word: channelling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ultimatum. A strong adherent of African nonalignment, Nyerere shared the fears of Western leaders that Zanzibar, since its savage coup last January against the old Arab ruling crowd, was sliding into the Communist camp. Early last month, Nyerere sent Foreign Minister Oscar Kambona winging across the 23-mile channel that separates the two countries with an ultimatum: unless Zanzibar halted its leftward slither, Tanganyika would dissociate itself from Zanzibar and withdraw the 300 field policemen who have been on loan there since the coup to keep order...
...addition, the members have been encouraged to communicate any ideas or proposals they have directly to Goldman. He will in turn channel them to appropriate government agencies...
...asked to read bad novels and poems, and hear good conversation. The most biting comment I've ever heard from a Negro about his situation in America came from a fireman I met aboard the Archer. We had passed Bishop's Rock and were entering the Channel, when another US Line ship came by, and I was told to dip our flag in the customary salute. When I came forward again I passed him, and he pointed over the stern to that silk flapping thing, saying, "anywhere this flag flies is no place for the black man." He wasn...
...even that isn't all joy: the infinite accordion pleats form tiny canals that collect the water and channel it down the wearer's neck. There is still the handy umbrella, adequate enough for the most part, but a bother in buses, impossible to hold onto in a fair-sized wind, and, in the wrong hands (usually belonging to little old ladies with shopping bags), a dangerous weapon...
...carries telegraph messages. Since 1956, A.T. & T. has laid three TATs that accommodate both printed and voice messages (previously, transatlantic calls were made by radiophone). A.T. & T. shares ownership of these cables variously with Canada, France, Britain and Germany. Each of the existing lines has as many as 84 channels, and A.T. & T. leases some of them to the U.S. telegraph and teletype companies for $102,000 a year per channel...