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...Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia to the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia. The Central Africa Federation (pop. 7,450,000) is the world's second largest exporter of copper, fourth largest of tobacco-a land dotted with modern cities and rich in asbestos, coal, lithium, chrome and cobalt. But in the stretch of the Zambesi River Valley, soon to be flooded by the Kariba Dam, the Stone Age Tonga tribe still wear porcupine quills in their noses, and in Northern Rhodesia, Barotseland is regularly plagued by gruesome ritual murders. In the whole federation there are only four Negro physicians...
...firing). But he denied any desire to exchange his present existence as a freelance conductor in Italy for a steady post in Chicago or anywhere else. Said he: "I wouldn't accept a permanent job if they offered it on a golden plate lined with platinum, uranium and cobalt. I want to let them sleep quietly, all those conductors in America with the Fafnir and Fasolt mentality, those dragons that worship gold...
...week of mixed whale and horse meat flavored with 4,500 gals, of beef blood. When they get their growth and turn into pupae, they are harvested, packed into aluminum canisters, and exposed for 6-2 minutes to gamma rays from radioactive cobalt...
...half-century has seen the Congo achieve an economic miracle, become the world's leading producer of industrial diamonds, cobalt, uranium, and one of the major exporters of copper and tin. During World War II the Congo even paid the bills for the Belgian government in exile. While Britain and France poured large sums into overseas territories, the Congo colony's $960 million ten-year development plan has been 70% financed by the Congo itself. Not only whites have profited. For the Congo's African citizens there are 2,468 hospitals and dispensaries; more than...
...ether of the sky there seems to condense a wonderful . . . vision; and out of this there gradually emerges ... an angel host bearing in its midst the Holy Grail ... It pours out exquisite odors, like streams of gold." The opening scene of Wieland's production duly provided a blinding cobalt blue sky against which was ranged a semicircle of knights in dazzling silver mail. The oak tree where King Heinrich holds court was reduced to a circular cluster of painted branches hung high over the stage. The castle itself was a fringe of Gothic-stylized overhangs...