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...terms of pronunciation," says Piripi. "Really, 200 years of occupation without achieving five simple vowel sounds is not so good." Linguist Bauer notes that Maori has adopted large numbers of English words, from motuka (car) to poti (vote), but "English speakers don't complain that Maori people say karaka instead of clock." The reason: "English is not threatened, and Maori...
Blitz's bitter rival Current (circ. 9,000) is like Blitz in every way except that it is antiCommunist. Last week Karanjia's brand of journalism landed him and his rival, Current Publisher D. (for Dosoo) F. Karaka in jail. The charge: forging and publishing a letter that was supposed to have been sent by U.S. Ambassador to India Chester Bowles...
...Embassy stationery and pasted on a Bowles signature clipped from another letter. The purpose of the forgery apparently was to take the steam out of Ambassador Bowles's effective speeches against Communism. Newsmen guessed that Karanjia saw to it that the letter fell into Current Editor Karaka's hands -at a price of $210. Karanjia knew that Current would grab it, since Karaka was still smarting over an exclusive interview Bowles had injudiciously given the pro-Communist Blitz in July...
...Karaka published the letter in Current even though, said police, he knew it was a forgery. Alongside he ran a savage attack on Ambassador Bowles for his "friendliness" toward Communists and Red sympathizers like Karanjia. When Bowles pointed out the letter was a fake, Blitz Editor Karanjia also blandly denounced it in his paper as "obviously a forgery." At week's end, both Karanjia and Karaka were out on bail, awaiting trial. Maximum penalty: three years in prison...
...KARAKA Editor The Current Bombay, India...