Word: embellish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...headaches. In Chad, the Assembly wrangled for two days, and the 85 Deputies suggested 85 separate flags. In making its final choice, the government was careful to eliminate green, which for many Africans symbolizes Islam but in Chad is the color of the opposition party. Cameroun happily prepared to embellish its flag with a shrimp, since the country's name derives from the Portuguese word for shrimp, camarāo. Western observers hastily advised that world reaction might be derisive, and Cameroun settled for a prosaic tricolor...