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...making the popular game-viewing spot part of a jubilant five-day state visit to Kenya. The Queen remembered her first visit well enough to note changes, commenting on the loss of trees and inspecting the ruins of the original lodge, which was burned in 1954 during the Mau Mau rebellion. After her Kenya visit, the Queen and Prince Philip went on to India, where she visited the cremation site of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the leader of yet another independence struggle that led eventually to the end of British rule...
Chisholm urged students to speak up about Harvard policies but must avoid "mau-mauing" the administration of practicing reverse racism or sexism. "We need to learn more about the art of compromise-it is the highest of all arts...
...with the children. In the purebred version, shorthair kittens cost $300 to $500. The Egyptian Man, a fairly new breed, is extremely rare-a mere 51 are C.F.A.-registered. The only spotted domestic in existence (in pewter or bronze for high-tech décor), the usually aloof Mau favors water and often surprises owners by joining them in the tub. The quiet Korat from ancient Siam is one of the oldest breeds. A silver-blue shorthair, this uncommon cat is prized for its smooth curves and big luminous eyes. The rugged Maine Coon, with a bushy, ringed tail, first...
...during a persecution of the Catholic Church, and in London during the blitz. He learned to love Viet Nam and opium during the last years of French occupation and spent 24 nervous hours at the doomed camp of Dien Bien Phu. Then it was on to Kenya for the Mau Mau uprising and later to a leper colony during the final days of the Belgian Congo. He sampled pornography in Batista's Havana, just before Castro and his forces came down from the hills. He fetched up in "Papa Doc" Duvalier's Haiti in 1963 and found himself...
...power struggle at all? Why wasn't power handed over as it was in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania? Now the situation is pathetic. We are almost at the point of a bloodbath. The guerrillas are everywhere. We come in and stay. We are already bolder than the Mau Mau...