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...turned 80 on July 22, and he turned 78 on July 23. The dedication of the John F. Kennedy library at Ethiopia's national university brought them together for a birthday party. Eight candles burned on the pink-and-white-iced cake, and despite the difficulty of drawing a breath in 8,000-ft.-high Addis Ababa, Rose Kennedy blew them out in one puff. "I made it," she panted, laughing, and handed the first slice to Emperor Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Lion of Judah, Elect...
...other term appointees of the department exhibit impressive credentials, too. Dr. Ephraim Issac, Ph. D. '69, is a former director of the National Literacy Campaign in Ethiopia. Dr. Orlando Patterson is a distinguished scholar, novelist, and social critic, now teaching AAS 14 and AAS 30: African and West Indian Literature...
Drawn up after the horrors of gas warfare in World War I, the Protocol stands as one of the most closely adhered to agreements involving warfare. There have been only three confirmed violations: Italy against Ethiopia under Mussolini, Japan against China at the outbreak of World War II, and recently Egypt against Yemen...
...Afar triangle is a 40,000-sq.-mi. portion of northeast Ethiopia that lies at the juncture of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is a land of jagged mountains and cliffs, treacherous earth faults, active volcanoes and below-sea-level deserts where temperatures rise to a scorching 134°F. in the shade. Its only inhabitants are fierce nomads, one of whose reputed customs is to carve parts from battle victims and bear them home as trophies for their women. Yet the most awesome aspect of this Dantean terrain is the inferno that may be hidden...
...Afar triangle sinks back into the depths-an event that Tazieff reassuringly says is still a considerable time off-the region could enjoy unmatched prosperity. Because it is so geologically active, he speculates that underground fields of superheated water and steam lie just below the desert floor. If Ethiopia and her neighbors tapped this free source of power, they could produce millions of kilowatt hours of electricity at extremely low cost. The electricity could then be used to support large new industries-aluminum, fertilizers and petrochemicals. Thus, one of the world's most forbidding regions might be turned into...