Word: coloniale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Swomley asked that disarmament be coupled with a "positive revolution" to give food to hungry people, freedom to colonial nations, and equality to all races. Such a program, he said, could build a world opinion strong enough to force Russia into a similar policy.
For one month, delighted Londoners watched the 80 ceremonially dressed Nigerians-some with necklaces of animal teeth, others with feathered straw hats, at least one with a jeweled crown-parade into Lancaster House for their historic conference. Everything possible had been done to make them feel at home. For the...
Emerson pointed out the recent "turn in the direction of military take-over" in Asia. However, the army, he observed, was sometimes a "progressive force" in a young society. He also noted that democratic institutions were much stronger in those underdeveloped nations which had "long colonial experience" than in the...
But the political paroxysm shaking all Africa has even sent tremors into the calm heartland of the Congo. Last year Belgium permitted limited elections for the first time, and 13 black and five white mayors took office. Settled in modernistic offices, well paid, and furnished with chauffeur-driven Opel sedans...
In colonial days, Kentuckians (then Virginians) with a whisky taste had trouble chasing away the demon rum. The rum-makers once put through a law boosting the legal price to $15 a half pint. The Bourbon County grand jury even indicted James Garrard, a Baptist minister who later became Governor...