Word: guinea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...birthday of the world's latest self-governing nation was a subdued, almost furtive occasion. Joy was restrained, to say the least, and so were the celebrations. Pubs and clubs in all of Papua New Guinea were closed not only on Dec. 1, the first day of self-rule, but also on the days preceding and following the historic event. The passage of power was officially marked only by a brief ceremony in the capital of Port Moresby, where the Australian administrator changed his title to high commissioner, the equivalent of ambassador...
Somare's caution was understandable Papua New Guinea has a fair claim to being the world's most backward nation. Its 2,600,000 people, spread over an area somewhat larger than California, are divided into 702 tribes and speak perhaps as many languages. In the past year there were at least 20 known battles between tribes fighting with spears, clubs, bows and arrows in disputes over land, pigs and women, in approximately that order. A lingering appetite for cannibalism is suspected in the remote interior where Stone Age conditions prevail Witch doctors still thrive and sorcery...
...short, for most citizens of Papua New Guinea, the concept of self-rule is either meaningless or misunderstood. When one tribesman heard that the gift of self-government was to be bestowed upon the people, he sought out his representative in Parliament and asked for three-one for himself, one for his wife...
...massive automatic sterilization equipment that looked like a room-size hot box for-washing pans and trays. We also heard that food from a test kitchen is sent to the freshman union for trial, but a quick check with Frank J. Weissbecker, associate director of food services, dispelled the guinea-pig theory...
...Guinea-Bissau is free, and the struggle to liberate the other Portuguese-held nations of Africa lies ahead...