Word: guinea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...self-styled redeemer of Ghana nearly bankrupted his country by building palatial hotels, modernistic palaces and a cozy hideaway for his favorite mistress. Even after he was overthrown last February, it seemed likely that Nkrumah would continue to wield power and enjoy life as few exiles ever had. Guinea's President Sekou Touré gave Nkrumah a hero's welcome and startled the world by proclaiming that the visitor was coPresident. Said Touré: "Nkrumah belongs to all Africa, not just Ghana. His voice and my voice...
Nothing seemed to be too good for Nkrumah in Guinea. He was given a spacious villa by the sea for himself and his 100 Ghanian security guards. There was talk that he would represent Guinea at the United Nations in Manhattan. There was also talk that Guinea would launch an invasion of Ghana to put Nkrumah back in power. Guinea's radio stations broadcast Nkrumah's bellicose "I shall return" promises...
...first installment were already being run off in Chicago for Look's Jan. 24 issue, due on newsstands Jan. 10. "It would cost a lot of money to stop it now," groaned Cowles Editor in Chief William Attwood, who had been Jack Kennedy's ambassador to Guinea and Kenya. "I don't see any way it can be stopped...
...pennies to make a pound because that was the number of pennies that weighed a pound.* Shillings joined Offa's awful system in the 16th century, and that basically formed the current currency setup-though such denominations as the florin (2 shillings), half crown (2½ shillings), guinea (21 shillings) and sovereign (approximately 3 guineas) came along at various times...
...rule the country himself. Fear immediately arose among his neighbors that he might invite back the Red Chinese, who were expelled by the old King in 1965 for meddling in Burundi affairs. Soon the capital of Bujumbura began to fill up with leftist emissaries from Nasser and from Guinea's ambitious Sékou Tour...