Word: moi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those who did not attend was the outgoing O.A.U. chairman, Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, who was preoccupied at home with the aftermath of a failed coup attempt. Many others stayed away because they could not abide the thought that Gaddafi, who has meddled in the affairs of at least 22 of his neighbors, would take over the direction of their organization...
...strange and violent 72-hour outburst beginning on Aug. 1 was led by discontented enlisted members of the country's 2,200-member air force in an effort to overthrow the government of President Daniel arap Moi, 57. It came as a particular shock to Kenyans, who are proud of their country's reputation as a model of African capitalism and stable black self-rule in the midst of a region of turbulence. Suddenly, Kenya was revealed as a country racked, beneath its placid surface, by savage and dangerous political and economic tensions. Says Peter Frank, manager...
...appear to have any ideological motivation, and many were members of the Kikuyu tribe, which dominates the country's sole political party, the Kenya African National Union (K.A.N.U.). When the insurgents seized Nairobi's Voice of Kenya radio station, they announced the overthrow of Moi's "corrupt and dictatorial" government in the name of a shadowy National Redemption Council. The airmen backed their denunciations with recordings of Caribbean reggae tunes and Viennese waltzes...
Much as Miss Piggy might like to claim that moi is responsible, the porker boom began long before the Muppets' superstar made her bow. Miss P., sniffs Lucinda Vardey, co-author of the anthology of pig lore, Pigs: A Troughful of Treasures (Macmillan; $14.95), "has done a lot for pig relations, but she is not a true pig. She is purely human and has very few pig qualities." Vardey's collaborator, Sarah Bowman, feels that the pig boomlet has ancient roots. "The love of pigs is an inborn thing," she says. "I have always thought that wallowing...
...American populace to death. I, unfortunately, am one of those egotistical writers who yearn to impart a fresh look at the Super Bowl contest, and I would like to take the liberty of being one of the first to write about it. As someone famous once said, "Apres moi, le deluge...