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Evolution & Revolution. Resentment against the French mainland (which Corsicans still call le continent) is nearly as keen as that against the repatriates. Complains Jean Zuccarelli, 33, a philosophy teacher turned farmer: "France can provide irrigation for Communist countries, can pour aid into North Africa, but hasn't enough money...
Not quite. The conference divided on every issue it took up-including the matter of sending troops to Rhodesia. Only 19 heads of state even entered the conference room, for nearly half of Africa boycotted Kwame's "summit" entirely. The official excuse used by the leaders of French-speaking...
When the sailing ships Porpoise and Cato foundered off eastern Australia one night in August 1803, Explorer Matthew Flinders led the 94 survivors to safety on a nearby sandspit, then sailed and rowed a small cutter 729 miles to Sydney for help. While Flinders is an Australian national hero-the...
Golden Eggs. In an effort to keep growing in Britain's fiercely competitive food industry, Lyons is looking for new palates to please. It has popularized the hamburger in Britain through a chain of 375 franchised Wimpy stands, has also started up Wimpy on the Continent, where the chain...
In the view of many, this far-flung organization works admirably. A top diplomat at Paris' Quai d'Orsay says: "The State Department functions better than the Quai. It is a well-oiled machine. The right things go to the right places." U.S. consulates are widely praised for...