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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fitting & proper for the Fon (King) of Bikom to have as many wives as he liked? The U.N. has been burdened with this question since July 1948, when St. Joan's Social and Political Alliance of London (a Roman Catholic lay organization dedicated to women's rights) presented a complaint concerning plural marriage in the British Cameroons. One missionary, said the complaint, had reported that the Fon had 600 wives, charged that he had taken one girl to his harem by force. Last year the U.N. Trusteeship Council sent a visiting mission off to West Africa to investigate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMEROONS: Social Security | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

Radcliffe will install a library checking system provided that the "Cedar Hill" recommendation of the measure meets the approval of the Student Council Monday, Joan Braverman '50, president of the Student Government, announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Propose Checking System In Annex Library | 2/17/1950 | See Source »

...Freedom were selected in consultation with eminent historians. Details have been established as historically correct by a University research expert." Wheaties' fighters for freedom, in chronological order, are Zog, the stone age man, (fighting Rip, the sabre-toothed tiger), Arminius the German king, (fighting Varus, the Roman General), Joan of Arc, and Ethan Allen. Joan of Arc is portrayed mounted; she comes on one box, the horse on another. "Get Joan of Arc," the text urges, "mount her on her horse. Then she's ready to lead 4,000 men to free the city of Orleans from the invaders...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CABBAGES & KINGS | 2/16/1950 | See Source »

...Ridgefield, Conn, during the Revolutionary War, it is about a patriotic young lady with twin penchants for bundling and bungling. She bundles once for love and once for country; she bungles all the time, thinking she is Joan of Arc and every man in uniform a spy. With the story go some mild scenic effects and, in the last act, George Washington on a white charger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Feb. 13, 1950 | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

Born. To Ingrid Bergman, 34, Swedish-born cinemactress (Joan of Arc), wife of Los Angeles Physician Dr. Peter Lindstrom, and Italian Director Roberto (Open City) Rossellini, 43: her second child, first son, his third child, third son; in Rome. Name: Roberto Ingmar. Weight: 7 Ibs. 14 oz. (see CINEMA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 13, 1950 | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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