Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Less than a month after Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed self-government for Eastern and Western Nigeria, the tropic Federation got its first Prime Minister and installed its first all-Nigerian Cabinet in the capital of Lagos, beside the tepid green waters of the Bight of Benin.* Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a Northern Moslem, became Nigeria's first Prime Minister. In a graceful speech opening Parliament, Balewa paid tribute to British statesmanship and the service of Christian missionaries, spoke of the "tremendous good will" that existed between Britain and Nigeria, but emphasized that he and his ministers are" "irrevocably committed...
Displaying her beauty (green eyes, honey blonde hair and 35-25-36), her talent (at the Hammond organ) and her intelligence (Q.: "Is it proper for a lady to propose marriage?" A.: "Heavens, no! That is the man's role"), Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, 20, of Denver was named Miss America of 1958, a title which will enable her to make in the next year...
Once aboard, the saucermen (blond hair, green eyes, yellowish shoes) took the professor for a rise. When the saucer once vibrated sharply, one of his hosts reassured him telepathically: "Have no fear. We are leaving the atmosphere of your planet." An hour later the saucer landed back on the beach. Guimaraes was politely deposited in a daze, and his new acquaintances whirled away...
Thirty minutes later, when his monitors woke him by radio, it was dawn. Methodically, Dr. Simons recorded the colors in his notebook (the sun flashed green) and took a urine specimen. By mid-morning the sun had warmed the inside wall of the gondola to 120° F. But the air of the capsule was cooled to 60°-65° by a compact air conditioner...
...dutiful group of students than those at the Salahiah Girls Institute in northern Malaya. All day for six days a week, the girls, aged twelve to 20, drill in Arabic, study the Moslem faith, recite from the Koran. Beyond the high wall that surrounds the school are lush green fields, but the girls never play on them, for recreation has no place in the ascetic life of the religious institute. In this austere atmosphere, one day last month, a terrifying thing happened. "Who knows what it is all about?" sighed Salahiah's President Haji Hashim bin Haji in despair...