Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent visit of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, for example, was first planned last March when the State Department wrote Mrs. Belcher of the projected date for his tour. Mrs. Belcher then checked to make sure that President Pusey would not be out of town at that time, and notified the Government that the date was suitable. Then, knowing that the Emperor would be especially interested in something relating to his own country, she arranged for a special exhibit of Ethiopian manuscripts in Houghton Library...
...military band's wailing strains of Yetopia Xezb Mezmur, the Ethiopian national anthem, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I officially began a seven-week royal tour of North America at Washington's National Airport, stopped off at the White House, spent the night there in Abraham Lincoln...
Nineteen years ago, a complacent United States sat back behind its ocean wall and watched Mussolini march through Ethiopia. Most Americans, having scarcely heard of Ethiopia, argued that this country should not get mixed up in other people's wars. One year ago, few Americans knew the difference between Viet-Nam and Viet-Minh. They only knew that France was fighting a guerilla war in Indo-China. Clearly, for the average citizen, here was someone else...
...donated to the collection are his West Point greys and tarbucket hat, the field uniform, including the Eisenhower jacket that he wore in France, and an elaborate red wool cloak that signifies that Ike is a corporal in the crack Algerian Spahis of the French army. From Ethiopia came a rhinoceros-hide shield; from Greece, an ancient (800 B.C.) wine flask; and from the District of Columbia, red, white and blue license plate No. 1. Ike himself brought back a bracelet of boar's tusks from his Philippine tour with Douglas Mac-Arthur...
Haile ("King of Kings") Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, and his wife. Queen Woizero Menen, struck dignified poses for a formal portrait photograph, ably concealing their anticipation about their forthcoming safari into the darkest wilds of Europe...