Word: louise
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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For most of his six-year term General Paul Eugene ("Bon Papa") Magloire was a popular chief, a stabilizing force and a builder (TIME, Feb. 22, 1954). He sternly denied any ambition to be a permanent President of Haiti, but as the end of his term neared, he resolved to...
By early last week Port-au-Prince's stores, gas stations, factories and big Iron Market, source of most of the city's food, were shut tight. In a scene reminiscent of The Emperor Jones, Magloire in full uniform paraded through town demanding that merchants open up. They...
Provisional President Pierre-Louis' first act was to free Candidate Dejoie and the other political prisoners. It had been a classic Haitian coup de langue, wherein the tongue proves mightier than the sword.
Party Weakness. It will take all of Leader Diefenbaker's campaign brilliance to lead his party to a victory in Canada's next general election, expected next summer. The Tories, out of power since 1935, have lost five straight elections, and they have shown few signs of increasing...
At the ceremony Hopper got the word out all right, but no more. His silences must be heard to be appreciated. Author John Dos Passos, an old friend, recalls that often when they had tea together, he "felt that Hopper was on the verge of saying something, but he never...