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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tradition begun by that distant ancestor Kunte Kinte, each child in the successive generations in Haley's family was told the family history, which by Haley's time had been pared down considerably. He remembers his grandmother referring to their ancestor, "the African," who called the banjo "ko," the river "Kamby Bolongo," and who was out chopping wood for a drum at the age of 16 when four white slave traders kidnapped him and brought him to the United States...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Strode, | Title: African Roots | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

Last week it was disclosed that for many years he was Lockheed's secret agent in Japan, collecting more than $7 mil lion since 1960 to help the firm sell air planes. An enormously wealthy man (worth an estimated $1 billion), with no readily identifiable occupation, Ko dama helped to found Japan's ruling party, assisted in the naming of Prime Ministers, and presumably used his connections on Lockheed's behalf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Lockheed's Kuro Maku | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

...KO Punch...

Author: By James Weinig, | Title: Swim Team Bombards Cornell, 77-36; English and Brumwell Star in Victory | 2/18/1975 | See Source »

Cornell was out of contention after Chuck Gruye lost the 50 free to the Crimson's George Keim but the KO punch came from Harvard captain Dave Brumwell as he beat Red star Jack Branden in the 200 individual medley...

Author: By James Weinig, | Title: Swim Team Bombards Cornell, 77-36; English and Brumwell Star in Victory | 2/18/1975 | See Source »

...cats, there are Prince Valiant suede tents, "powder-room screens," fiber-glass igloos and a Ko-Z Cat Cottage with pile carpeting, a sun deck, catnip bar and built-in mouse hole. For animals left behind by vacationing owners, pet motels and inns vie to offer such features as wall-to-wall AstroTurf, brass beds, Snoopy linen, piped-in music, color TV, bathrooms, beauty parlors, air conditioning, thrice-daily cookie breaks, and meals cooked to clients' specifications (including kosher diets). If the pet travels with his owners, there are guides listing only hotels and motels that welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great American Animal Farm | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

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