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When he finally returned home in 1958, the dedicated young nationalists made him a gift of the leadership of the independence movement. They built him up as the Lion of Malawi, Ngwazi (Supreme Chief), and called him Messiah. For his part, Banda dropped the Hastings and became H. Kamuzu Banda, a name more appealing to Africans. But what stunned Banda's ministerial "sons" was the discovery, after independence, that Banda believed his press notices and was hypnotized by his own carefully fabricated image as savior of his people. He took complete charge of the fledgling Cabinet, reserving for himself...
Knout came in for the lion's share of criticism this time around. Poll after poll called him "dumb," "unintelligent," "thick-skulled," "stupid," or moronic." As one student summarized the feelings of the class: "That man is an idiot...
...seem to hang by their eyes from the water's surface, gazelles that dart above the grasslands like big, golden bees, leopards that grow on trees like spotted, alarming fruit-and they are there in hundreds. But perhaps the most remarkable animal of all is an old male lion who, after a visit from the zoologist, rises with indomitable dignity and turns his back to the curious camera. Startling indeed to see the King of Beasts with a neat little Band-Aid on his backside...
...downhearted? Not noticeably. Lugging a trunkful of filthy lucre, Polly enrolled at U.C.L.A. and three years later, with the help of a good rewrite man, published her class thesis: A House Is Not a Home. In 1962 the old cat died a literary lion...
...water a day from nearby rivers, expects the first to be finished next week. Meantime, Japanese Self-Defense Force planes carrying dry ice and water have pounced on every passing cloud, and on the shores of the Ogochi reservoir, a Shinto priest in the mask of a scarlet lion writhed through a ceremonial rain dance. Townsmen were warned not to expect miracles. "It will take two days for the message to get through to the dragon god," the priest explained...