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Plainly the government hoped that Sheik Abdullah would forswear his leo nine ways and calm his followers rather than hone their hopes of Kashmiri independence. As for the sheik, he allowed that his first task will be to "meet my people, know their views and understand them." He added: "Of course...
...other contributor to the Lion Rampant. His story begins, The water was named in derision by a generation of luckless farmers: Burnt Crop Creek, because they had watched the stalks of cotton and even of corn wither in the sun, and heard the heavy winds rattle through the hone dry fields like seeds ticking in a gourd. They merely quit the land, leaving that fractious patient stream to reclaim its banks. Another generation arose, their birthright of planting cancelled: they went through the forest and chalked the highest hardwoods. Not long after the oxen in jangling chains shafted road...
Long Run. With no majority, British-appointed Governor Sir Evelyn Hone refused to form a government, preferring to wait until a special election for the empty seats is held Dec. 10. But in the long run, the big winner will probably be Kaunda, a teetotaling advocate of Gandhian nonviolence whose straight-up hairdo gives him the look of a man permanently frightened by a ghost. With his huge plurality, he can legitimately claim a mandate for a new constitution guaranteeing more power to the blacks, and he aims to do just that. "Our first goal," he says, "is stable government...
...crack Guards regiments are no more highly rated than the brown, merry-faced Gurkhas, who seldom measure more than a few inches above the minimum 5 ft. required by the British army. They are renowned for their gentleness off the battlefield, but on it unflinchingly uphold their slogan: Kafar Hone Bhanda Morne Ramro, meaning, Better to die than live a coward. They believe that war is heaven-or at least the best way of getting there...
...through 13 African countries. In Nyasaland. he officially received the title of honorary white chief; in the Ivory Coast he picked up a carved canne de jugement, symbol of tribal justice. At Northern Rhodesia's Lusaka airport, Williams was going through the farewell ceremonies with Governor Sir Evelyn Hone, when a burly white man lumbered out of the shadows of the airport administration building. Lunging at Williams, he seized a lapel, spun him around, and let fly with a punch. The blow glanced off Soapy's jaw. Sir Evelyn Hone grappled manfully with the assailant. Police hurried...