Word: colonialiste
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...What is against the spirit of Camp David are acts which turn a brave little country into a moaning colonialist slum...
...grievances is the fact that the British government allows free campaigning privileges on the government-owned BBC radio and TV only to parties putting up at least 50 candidates; and there are only 36 Welsh seats in the House of Commons to contest. Hammering away at England's "colonialist" attempts at "cultural genocide" for Wales, the nationalists demand recognition of the Cymric language in the schools, faster industrialization in Wales to compensate hardscrabble valley settlements for closed-down mines, and commonwealth status...
...Moroccan delegate angrily demanded that the Americans, French and Spaniards pull out of North Africa. A French Senator rose to protest that he had not come all the way to Florence to hear a "systematic critique of my country." Cried an F.L.N. delegate of the war in Algeria: "A colonialist war! An unjust...
...unnerved him that he flew precipitately to Moscow. According to Cairo, Nasser pleaded with Nikita Khrushchev to let well enough alone, and not to send in "volunteers." There was no need for the Russians to move in: Moscow was doing better by professing peace, crying havoc, and denouncing American "colonialist aggressors...
Cordon Rouge & Fat Mammies. At a banquet in State House, Prime Minister Nkrumah proposed a toast "To free Africa," raising a glass of Mumm's Cordon Rouge 1952 that had come straight from colonialist France. An orchestra struck up some Ghanaian calypso tunes, and at one point Nkrumah grabbed bemedaled President Tubman and whirled him about the dance floor. Next night the Prime Minister threw even a bigger party-a two-hour show for 50,000 people in the Accra stadium that featured tumblers, army drill teams and Accra's hip-swinging, fat "Mammy Traders...