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...African cornmeal paste called sadza). Whether tracking guerrillas by day or setting up ambush positions at night, the "troopies" communicate by hand signals as they search out foot and boot prints, bowed grass, broken camps or other varieties of "terr spoor," army slang for terrorist tracks. Says Major James Cromar, 43, a reserve commander stationed near the Mozambique border: "We have created a top-rate bush fighter. You can drop an average reserve troopie anywhere in the country at night with a compass, and he can give you a six-figure grid reading which can put you within 100 yards...
Rachel Workman MacRobert was born American-in Worcester, Mass.-but marriage to a Scottish laird made her a loyal Briton by more than simple law. Her husband was Sir Alexander MacRobert, baronet and laird of Douneside and Cromar, Aberdeenshire, one of that band of hardy Scots who went forth to build the Empire, making Scotland proud and England great. When he died in 1922, he left a million-dollar estate; Lady MacRobert herself became a director of the British India Corp. Ltd., which he had founded...
...Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen and Tenair, of the House of Cromar, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, will speak in the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. In his address, the Marquis will include some personal descriptions and recollections of notable personages who have been well known visitors at the University in past years. There will also be some allusions to past historical events in which the United States and England were mutually concerned. The Marquis will end his speech with a brief discourse on national types of humor, including English, Scotch, Irish, and American...
...Marquis and Marchioness of Aberbeen and Tenair, of the House of Cromar, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, will speak in the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The Marquis was formerly Viceroy of Ireland and his address will be on "The Memories of a Viceroy." Lady Aberdeen will talk about "Social Advance in Ireland...
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