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Morrison does. Things begin badly when he insults his assistant, a black Guianan named Philips, by mistaking him for a porter. Next, he is worried by the discovery that after a hard day, his Hindu foreman relaxes with hashish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Solid as a Bridge | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

Died. Randy Turpin, 37, prizefighter son of a white Englishwoman and a British Guianan merchant seaman, who briefly tasted fame in 1951 by winning the middleweight crown from an overconfident and undertrained Sugar Ray Robinson only to lose the title two months later in a rematch, after which Turpin wound up wrestling for $30 a night; by his own hand (pistol); in Leamington Spa, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 27, 1966 | 5/27/1966 | See Source »

...foreign and domestic companies have snapped up more than $3,000,000 in government bonds. The Reynolds Metals Co., which operates bauxite mines, is now talking about expanding operations. The British government has pledged $7,000,000 in development funds, and a U.S. aid team has just finished studying Guianan needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Guiana: Repairing the Damage | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

...that neither Her Majesty's government nor our own would tolerate an armed Communist rebellion in South America. Besides, Communist sympathizers already had legal control of the government through the ballot. It was precisely because the Communists had so much actual power that Britain had to send in non-Guianan troops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colonial Crisis | 10/21/1953 | See Source »

...traditions of Anglo-Saxon justice to punish a man for high crimes, never telling him what they are, and never allowing him to make a defense. Those who rail against this sort of thing in Congressional investigations must also condemn the hasty British action. But if the Guianan officials are liable to jail sentences, their former position should not keep them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colonial Crisis | 10/21/1953 | See Source »

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