Word: liberia
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...last leg of her tour the Queen attended state receptions, inspected hospitals, reviewed troops in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia. At a ceremonial durbar in the Sierra Leone provincial town of Bo, some of the paramount chiefs got so high on palm wine that they had to be carried to greet "Mama Queen II" (Queen Victoria was Mama Queen...
...gracious host. Already this year, the President has welcomed, feted -and in most cases, charmed-more than 150 special foreign guests, ranging from heads of state to ambassadors. Last week the President rolled out the red carpet for two visitors: Finland's President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 61, and Liberia's President William V. S. Tubman...
Kennedy's habit of taking guests to the White House by helicopter nearly ran into a snag with Liberia's Tubman, who is distrustful of planes and came to the U.S. by boat. But Kennedy aides tactfully suggested that Tubman might like to see autumnal Washington from the air-and he agreed. Disregarding strict protocol, Kennedy arrived at the front door of the White House five minutes early for a luncheon with Tubman, quizzed the leader of the Marine band about what music he intended to play. Tubman was treated to a four-hour talk with Kennedy...
...African delegates were incensed and Liberia's Ambassador Henry Ford Cooper demanded that the speech be stricken from the record. It was an unprecedented challenge to the one institution that makes the U.N. General Assembly important-free speech. Only later did the more reflective among the Africans suggest retreat to the less harsh course of a vote of censure. The grounds: Louw's speech had been "offensive, fictitious and erroneous." Precipitately, a ballot was taken and the motion carried by 67 votes to South Africa's 1, with 20 delegates abstaining and 9 (including...