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...candidates, the voters gave Siaka Stevens' democratic-minded opposition party what appeared to be at least a narrow parliamentary majority. Unfortunately, the final results never did get to be announced. As soon as it became apparent that Stevens would have a majority, Governor General Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston summoned the leader of the opposition party to his office and swore him in as Prime Minister. His term was the shortest on record. Hardly had the swearing-in ceremony ended when Army Commander Brigadier David Lansana, a friend and confidant of Sir Albert, put both Stevens and the Governor General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sierra Leone: End of the Exception | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

Lithe and lightfoot under the bright summer sun, the matador waited impatiently while the banderillas were planted. Then, with a series of spectacular redondos, slow, cape-twirling passes that prolonged the moment of peril, he prepared his bull for the kill. From the high-banked tiers of the arena at Málaga, Spaniards cracked out their drumfire oles. "Si!" his fans shouted at Luis Miguel Dominguin, "tú, el primero [yes, you're the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECTACLES: iQui | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

General Electric Theater (CBS, 9-9:30 p.m.). Lightfoot Fred Astaire, who triumphed in his NBC song-and-dance show last fall, comes back to television in a straight acting part. His vehicle: Man on a Bicycle, a comedy about a gallant rogue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jan. 12, 1959 | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...Angus) Lightfoot Walker, 47, was elected president and chief executive officer of Rheem Manufacturing Co., maker of steel containers, heating equipment, military aircraft components, etc. (1955 annual sales: $161 million). "Gus" Walker succeeds Richard S. Rheem, who becomes chairman of the board, is first non-family man to be president. Born in Newport, England, Walker was raised in Australia, got an engineering degree at Sydney University. After two jobs as a sales engineer, he joined Rheem in Australia in 1937. Nine years later he was transferred to New York, became executive assistant to the president, later vice president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Oct. 8, 1956 | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

Surprising things happen in the name of God in Washington's Griffith Stadium when Elder Lightfoot Solomon ("Happy am I") Michaux holds "services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: WJSV! | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

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