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Eleanor Roosevelt explained a nose-rubbing picture widely published in U.S. papers. She said that the head Maori guide in New Zealand, "a fine-looking woman" named Ragni, had asked permission to greet her "as we greet all distinguished visitors." Mrs. Roosevelt added that when she was a little girl her father "used to say, 'Let's have a Chinese kiss,' and then we would rub noses. ... I was very glad my father had taught me to rub noses properly...
...ambassador of good will, he could have made no better selection. Indefatigable Eleanor Roosevelt attended receptions, teas, dinners, visited U.S. servicemen in hospitals and clubs, saw noted Pohutu Geyser at Rotorua, N.Z., autographed a wounded marine's leg bandage, got christened "Queen of the Great Democracy" by Maori chieftains, won friends and influenced people everywhere by her untiring kindness...
...your issue (TIME, Nov. 2) you referred to Air Vice Marshal Coningham, R.A.F., as an Australian. The reason his nickname is "Mary" (a corruption of "Maori," the name of the New Zealand native, TIME, Nov. 9) is because he is a New Zealander, born and bred...
...intellectual eunuch." He fell blissfully in love with Socialist Poet William Morris' daughter May. But she married a mutual friend. In later years he admitted that May had a mustache, insisted that "it made a pair of lines so decorative that they would have enchanted the finest Maori tattoo artist...
...loose a blinding screen of lights and star shells, then let fly with everything at the enemy cruisers, which could have easily blown the destroyers out of the water in a full-dress engagement. In last week's action four Allied destroyers-Britain's Sikh, Legion and Maori, and The Netherlands' Isaäc Sweers-did the whole job, escaped without damage to either men or ships. Said the highly pleased Admiralty: "A brilliant night action...