Word: coloniale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As a sophomore, Herter and a group of friends rented the entire top floor of Apthorp House, the old colonial building in the courtyard of Apley Court. "Our room was the envy of the rest of the class," one roommate recalled, "since Chris's mother did the decorating job for...
With equal firmness but less heat, External Affairs Secretary Lester Pearson pointed out that Britain had failed to advise Canada of its Middle East plans. Lacking prior consultation, Canada went to the U.N. and voted independently. "If a resolution is right, we vote for it," Pearson said. "It is bad...
U.S.: Gained immense prestige in Asia, Africa and Latin America by its readiness to condemn aggression by a friend as well as by an enemy; gained gratitude by its decision to strengthen the U.N.. and gained trust by separating itself from the colonial powers. Suffered, along with other Western...
Egypt, like all other nations, has a special fellow feeling for those nations which share its cultural traditions and for those ex-colonial nations which are in a similar phase of transition to independent democracy and economic progress. But the idea of trying to create an Arab empire or of...
"I am very glad and thankful," said Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd, to bring "heartening news" to a House of Commons that had been hearing bad news all week. His news: the end of the Mau Mau war. Britain's dirtiest and most tedious war was over, after four...