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...Parliament House, Nkrumah shocked his British Laborite boosters by cracking down hard on the opposition, led by scholarly Sociologist Kofi Busia of University College. He deported his critics, sent his tough-talking Minister of the Interior, Krobo Edusei, stumping about the country, threatening to "deport aliens and detain without court trial" Ghanaians who opposed the government. But of all Nkrumah's battles, none has been fought more doggedly than the one against the traditional powers of Ghana's tribal chiefs. Last week that battle seemed finally to be nearing...
Once a student decides to leave, there is little to detain him. All he must do is talk with his senior tutor, who will rarely try to dissuade him from his intention. Granting a leave of absence is an almost automatic administrative act, as is being readmitted when and if the student decides to return...
Consider the case of the young intellect from San Francisco--assuming some unearthly despotic system were in effect this year to detain early leavers, the San Fransciscan could not legally leave South Station by train until 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 21st. Accordingly, he would not come rolling in until Christman Eve, barely in time to hang up his stocking, and certainly too late to fill anyone else's. The foolhardy gent who chose to ride the bus could arrive no sooner than noon on Christmas Day assuming that the bus was on time, too late to give and worse...
...this Harvardian aroused the suspicions of a Cambridge officer, who obviously felt that no law-abiding citizen should be caught dead in a long black cape. Seeing this sinister character emerge from a dark side-street, the officer immediately summoned the assistance of two Cambridge youths in order to detain the supposed culprit. The appearance of uncivil inhabitants of the town at an official arrest caused some confusion in the student's mind, and ill-considered words were exchanged on both sides. When the student was found to be without identification, the ensuing heated language eventually led to the imprisonment...
...live in a requisitioned house, they will have to get out within a year. Unlike the Germans themselves, the G.I.s will not be subject to property or income taxes; nor will they be subject to criminal prosecution in German courts (though the German police will have the right to "detain" them under certain conditions...