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...claimed as his grandfather-the legendary Chief Samory who fought so fiercely to drive the French out of West Africa. As head of the powerful (700,000 members) Union Générale des Travailleurs d'Afrique Noire, he ruthlessly slashed his way to power, often quieted his opponents by the simple expedient of burning down their houses. Though he was a constant troublemaker, French officials grudgingly admired him as the brightest of West Africa's rising young black men. Furthermore, since Guinea sends 67% of its exports to France, and French capital has been pouring into...
...notorious subspecies of the herd-running Organization Man, Sociologists Theodore Cap-low and Reece J. McGee examine the rush as it is run at ten unnamed major universities. The authors of The Academic Marketplace (Basic Books; $4.95) find schools and scholars ridden with intrigue and lustful for prestige, often indifferent to teaching and scholarship...
Documentation of their charges suggests some clear-and clearly controversial-answers to a question put by Columbia Dean Jacques Barzun in the foreword: "Why has the American college and university so little connection with Intellect?" In language that is often witty and only occasionally typical of sociology's bread-pudding prose, Professors Caplow (University of Minnesota) and McGee (University of Texas) list academe's hurtful mores and petty machinations. Some of the worst...
Over the years, U.S. dog breeders have produced and trained a variety of breeds to cope with the widely varying conditions of U.S. hunting areas (see color pages). A popular favorite is the friendly little Beagle, often tagged the poor man's hunting dog. Slower than larger hounds, the beagle will not range too far afield of the hunter or frighten game too far ahead of the gun. Oldest upland game dog in the U.S. is the silky-coated English Setter. Northern hunters use this breed for grouse and woodcock while Southerners hunting quail prefer the shorter-haired Pointer...
Cocker and Springer Spaniels make excellent dogs for pheasant. Rather than point game, most spaniels flush it, often leaping spectacularly into the air in an effort to catch birds on the wing. Waterfowl hunters occasionally use water spaniels, but generally take their choice of the three retrieving specialists: the Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever or Chesapeake Bay Retriever...