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...groove for historical research.My excitement lasted until around 8:45 a.m., when some wrangling in Swahili with the archives’ receptionist yielded the necessity of a permit, which, of course, I did not possess. How long might this take? “Siku moja tu—only one day,” his reassuring voice uttered. Well, where might I sign up? “Sayansi.” For the uninitiated, in Swahili, “I” is appended to the end of many words of alien origin. Hilariously, my dictionary shows the term...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla, | Title: Sitting, Waiting, Wishing | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

Shortages may be the most obvious problem, but Poland's economic malaise cuts much more deeply. When the trains do not run, or the electricity goes off, or a project remains unfinished, the response by workers is a shrug of the shoulders and the disclaimer, "To nie jest moja wina" (It isn't my fault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Poland: A Three-Class Society | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...opening day last week at the rehabilitated supermarket known as Harlem Prep, and some 400 would-be students gathered in the auditorium beneath a large sign bearing their African motto: Moja, Logo (brotherhood, unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Vale, Harlem Prep | 10/1/1973 | See Source »

...stand at my side. . . . Forward, sons of Hellas, in the fight for body and soul!" A spokesman said: "Greece will fight on, no matter what odds are thrown against her, because she has a soul which can never be extinguished." And the Yugoslavs sang a sad old song: Dusa Moja-My Soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BALKAN THEATER: Soul v. Steel | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

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