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...future, McGuire uses phrases which seem slightly trite on paper, but which are probably just the honest opinions of an Irishman who has been around a bit. "It's just like any other war," he says, "they never solve anything, it never does any good." The war's origin is simple, he feels: "the Ibos were right to secede. They're smart, the smartest in Africa, they have all the doctors and lawyers." Though the origin of the war is tribal, its continuation may be due to intervention, he says, noting that "there's a lot of oil under Biafra...
...stories- most recently those about the Nigerian civil war and the occupation of Czechoslovakia- was anxious to get out of Africa. He was a British citizen born of Indian parents, and he no longer felt wholly welcome in his native Kenya, which lately has turned against people of Asian origin. More important, he was determined to demonstrate that his camera could capture subjects more subtle than the violence he had been covering. But before he moved on, he wanted to finish one more assignment for TIME: another look at the fighting in Nigeria...
...more a sin to be born a white-skinned Southerner than it is for a Negro to be born black; to be called names as a result of our origin is an insult...
...bland Times editorial this June supporting Thornberry's nomination referred to his Southern origin and his moderation four separate times, as if that unlikely juxtaposition would suffice to insure his vote for the forces of sanity and enlightment. The Times concluded that Thornberry's appointment would keep the Fortas court "firmly cemented into the liberal posture that was characteristic of the Warren court." One Southern legislator with a better conception of the meaning of "moderate" in the South commented simply: "It looks like a pretty good deal to me. Okay, so we let Fortas become Chief Justice. In return...
...whose body was said to bear the stigmata, or the wounds inflicted on Christ during his passion; of a heart attack; in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. Blood first appeared on his hands, feet and side 50 years ago and, though the Vatican never officially considered his wounds of divine origin, Pio (born Francesco Forgione) attracted millions of pilgrims who came to his monastery in San Giovanni in hopes of seeing...