Word: cohen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buganda is No. 7. There, in his white palace, ringed with pacing sentries and a ten-foot-high stockade of elephant grass, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda got an urgent message last week. It was an invitation from Uganda's British governor, Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, to His Highness Kabaka Edward William Frederick David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II. It said: Come and talk...
...handsome, 29-year-old Muganda of the ruling Mushroom clan. He put on a dark brown suit, knotted his regimental tie (the blue and scarlet stripes of the Grenadier Guards, in which Mutesa is an honorary captain) and drove off in his black limousine. He and Governor Cohen talked for two hours. The interview was not a success. Out stalked the governor; in strode a British policeman with a warrant for the King's arrest. Forthwith, His Highness got orders to clear out of his native Uganda and to stay out for the rest of his life...
Many of them were of the opinion that the Kabaka had been meddling in politics to divert public attention from the previous frivolity of his personal life. Explaining the government's decision to the Lukiko, Governor Cohen, a close friend of Mutesa II and one of Britain's best colonial administrators, accused the exiled Kabaka of "persistently refusing to accept British decisions...
...Joel Cohen equalled the varsity time in the hurdles, besides winning the broad jump and placing second in the dash. Phil Williams won the mile and Dave McLean the two-mile with no difficulty, and Dick Wharton surpassed the varsity time with a 1:17.8 clocking in the 600. Dick Norris was all by himself in capturing...
...clean sweep in the running events led the Yardling track team to an overwhelming 72 3/5 to 8 2/5 triumph over Phillips Academy at Andover yesterday afternoon. The informal meet was the first of the year for the Crimson, which opens its official season against Boston University Saturday. Joel Cohen led the way for the freshmen with 11 4/5 points, including victories in the 40-yard high hurdles and the broad jump...