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This biography of Scotland's greatest hero tells the rousing, gory story of his struggle against England. Careful justice is done to recent research showing that, contrary to previously accepted historical view, Bruce fought for Scotland's glory rather than for the enlargement of his own fief...
...tracking down Simbas, Premier Tshombe was working hard at getting himself elected for a five-year term in office. The polling was cannily arranged on a staggered system, province by province. Tshombe saw to it that the first provinces to vote were the three that had formerly constituted his fief, Katanga...
...Rodger? Most council observers believed that the executive committee wanted to rearrange the power structure of the ecumenical movement. The general secretary is technically a servant of the council's 209 member churches, but some clerics felt that Visser 't Hooft runs the council as a private fief. With the little-known and unassertive Rodger in office, the executive committee would clearly have more authority...
...copy-equipment complex of General Aniline & Film Corp. was by far the biggest. It has also been the longest held by the Government. Taken over in 1942 on grounds that its Swiss owners were a front for Germany's massive I.G. Farben, GAF has remained a Government fief while the Swiss and the Justice Department battled over the 93.5% interest involved (the other 6.5% is publicly held). Last week, with a compromise finally hammered out, Justice announced that it will sell 11.1 million shares of GAF-or 93.3% of all GAF stock-within the next three months; the announcement...
Duped Chiefs. Whatever happens, Zambia's independence will mean a mighty comedown for the London-based holding company that once ran the Rhodesias as a corporate fief. Simply known as "Chartered," the company raised its own army to cut through the bush and opened up the copper belt. As both ruler and landlord, Chartered also built railroads, clinics and some schools. But Zambian nationalists, who dispute the legality of the company's rights, claim that it duped Lewanika and other illiterate tribal chieftains into signing away their rights...