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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sixteen months ago, Charles de Gaulle swept grandly through France's black Africa empire-the biggest European holdings on the continent-offering self-government and membership in a new French Community. Only Sekou Toure's Guinea turned him down. De Gaulle was able to put together a Community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRENCH COMMUNITY: Organized Friendship | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Generally, the Overseas Chinese have tried to stay out of the ideological battles of their homeland, or out of fear or self-interest have played both sides. Many, while insisting they are nonCommunist, are privately proud of how well Red China stood off the white man's armies in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: The Sojourners | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Governor's Option. With both Zik and the Sardauna against him, Awolowo, despite the most money and the best organization, trailed badly. As the ballots were counted, the Sardauna's North swung ahead of Zik, but if no one got a clear majority, it would be left to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: Democracy, Its Pains | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

If the strains grew so great that the crutch of coalition broke, Venezuela's new democracy would not necessarily fall, because parties in true opposition are the normal state of this form of government. But breaking the coalition would bring two dangers. One would be an opening for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: The Common Good | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Soon after left-wing British Author J. B. Priestley and his archaeologist wife Jacquetta arrived in Australia last month for a ban-the-bomb peace conference, they decided that they did not like being Down Under at all. About to leave Australia last week, J.B. was still smarting about the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 21, 1959 | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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