Word: headmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russians firmly behind their rulers: "I never met a Russian who really doubted the wisdom of the men at the head of their Government nor their purity of motive nor their ultimate success. I never met an American with any knowledge of Russian politics who thought that the headmen of the Russian Government were crooked." Of course, the Russians she met did not include the many (close to 10 to 15 million, her correspondent-husband estimates) in Government prisons and conscript labor camps...
Last; week some 25,000,000 Japanese trudged to drab, dank schoolhouses and temples, brightened here & there with red and pink plum blossoms and fragrant daphne. For the first time they were electing their local officials-village and town headmen and mayors, prefectural governors (previously, local administrators have been appointed by Tokyo...
Before their approving headmen two Paramount Chiefs-Nana Atta Agyeman IV of Sefwi Bekwai and Nana Kwami Nkua II of Sefwi Wiawso-joined hands in ostentatious amity. For the occasion both wore richly colored robes with gold crowns on their heads. Spokesmen for the two tribes invoked the spirits of departed Bekwai and Wiawso chiefs to tell them they were now as one. In turn the living chiefs blessed the new union...
Central America's politics were even more backward than its feudal economic system. For centuries the millions of illiterate Indians had been ruled by caciques or headmen. Modern caciques adopted the title of "general," set up military despotisms. Central America, which separated from Spain in 1821, fell into five republics shortly after armed Indians revolted, led by a former pig-driver called the Angel Rafael. Ever since, the Ladinos had kept the little countries in turmoil with a meaningless, serial struggle between political ins & outs, usually labeled "Liberals" and "Conservatives...
Once Upon A Honeymoon (RKO Radio). In this all-out attempt to break back into big-time production after a lean season, RKO's headmen took no chances. They brought able Author-Director-Producer Leo McCarey (Love Affair, Make Way for Tomorrow) out of two years of fruitless bondage to erratic Producer Howard Hughes. Ginger Rogers, who can pick & choose her vehicles, thought the story was too good to pass up. Gary Grant was paid a reputed $175,000 to play opposite her. Such a lustrous combination ought to have worked well, but it does not work as well...