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...father, the elderly Emir of Katsina, to play polo, back race horses and greyhounds. Last month friendly, easygoing Nagogo, now Emir himself and ruler of a million Nigerian Mohammedans, was called abroad on more serious business. Thousands of uniformed West Africans, fighting the war in Southeast Asia, wanted to gladden their hearts and rejoice their eyes with the sight of their rich and powerful leader...
...fellow's, and such ditties as Come Up To My Place and You Got Me are straight Main Stem-and with delightfully tough Nancy Walker to bawl them out, they are showstoppers as well. Jerome Robbin's dances have humor and verve, and charming Sono Osato to gladden them. Best of all, On the Town has the oldtime touch it needs: under George Abbott's direction, youth has made hay without going haywire, and a lot of slightly off-Broadway talent has been given a sharp Broadway spin...
Somewhere in the Pacific, the U.S. task force that had mauled Wake Island on Oct. 5 and 6 steamed back to its base. From a carrier's bridge TIME and LIFE Correspondent Robert Sherrod surveyed the scene: "I can see a sight that would gladden the hearts of all Americans. To the starboard there is another carrier. For miles beyond are cruisers and destroyers. On the port side are several carriers, and their protecting cruisers stretch all the way to the horizon. We cannot see them, but there are still other warships over the horizon. It is the greatest...
From bomb-battered Chungking last week came news to gladden all churchmen. The National Christian Council met in the wreckage there and from the meeting (first since 1937) all Christian churches could draw a significant fact: Christianity, still a minority religion in China, now belonged to the Chinese, was part of their national life...
...temporary boom caused by military expansion, the island is still desperately poor. Many of its children are underfed, much of its population (31.1%) is illiterate. The wages of the jibaros who work the sugar plantations are woefully low. Both U.S. and native politicos knew that self-government might gladden the hearts of the people but it would not solve their economic woes...