Word: northerner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...primary responsibilities, he says, "related to the placing of agents behind the enemy lines, first in northern Italy and Austria and (later) in Western Germany." Although he himself did not enter enemy territory, it was his job to select men for the job and to brief them, "to prepare them for what they should learn and how they should protect themselves," he recalls. He would then arrange for communications...
...South is not likely to take this step unless it is forced into it, and the Democratc party is probably not going to encourage disunity. But both sides are now preparing for another Civil Rights showdown. Northern and Western Democrats vow that they will demand that everybody sign an electoral "loyalty oath"--and the South is planning not to sign. 1960 is still far away, and a great deal depends on the progress of integration in the South. At the moment however, all signs point to at best an unfavorable compromise for the South, and at worst a party split...
Except Presbyterian--perhaps the best team the Varsity will meet until the squad faces Yale in the middle of May--the opponents on the trip were none too challenging. The first two matches were played in the cold, 35-degree atmosphere of northern Virginia, where the Crimson defeated the Byrd Park Tennis Association, a fairly good team, by 9-6 on a strong showing in the doubles matches. The next day, Sunday, March 29, the squad whipped the Country Club of Virginia very soundly...
First in the South. In Northern Rhodesia, late election results showed that Welensky's United Federal Party finished out front but failed to win a clear majority. Four out of 20 seats on the legislative council went to the new Central African Party, headed by Garfield Todd, whose liberal racial views cost him the Southern Rhodesian premiership...
...East Africa's $17 million tourist revenue, and is still growing. There are seven safari firms operating out of Nairobi this year (v. one in 1939). Once confined to a 100-mile radius of civilized Nairobi (pop. 230,000), the quest for big game has spread from northern Uganda to southern Tanganyika. The white hunters who lead safaris are making more money than ever-$7,000 a year is average and $14,000 is not uncommon for the popular hunters. Luxury is at an alltime high too. Today no high-class safari leaves Nairobi without comforts that range from...