Word: overlording
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Last week crocodiles still infested the Zambezi as Barotseland's latest Litunga, Sir Mwamawina Lewanika III, 75, entertained his new overlord. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda, one of Africa's newest and most moderate leaders, wanted to make a good impression on the province he had inherited five months ago when Northern Rhodesia became independent. Kaunda accompanied the Litunga to the royal barge, where Sir Mwamawina switched his garb-from a frock coat, striped trousers and pearl-grey topper to the Royal Navy uniform his father had worn...
Waiting Time. With Operation Overlord in motion, there was nothing much for Ike to do but wait nervously for H-hour. Had he indeed written a message to be broadcast in case of failure? Cronkite wondered. "Well, Walter, I must tell you something. I did," said Ike. The message had read: "The landing has been a failure and it's no one's fault but mine." Grinning at Cronkite, Ike shrugged. "If it did fail," he said, "I was going into oblivion anyway, so I might as well take full responsibility...
Thus did Ngo Dinh Can, 53, brother of South Viet Nam's murdered Leaders Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, himself meet death last week at the hands of his nation's new military rulers. As President Diem's overlord of central Viet Nam, Can, a tough and willful man, kept his region notably free of Communist Viet Cong. After Diem's overthrow, he was arrested and tried for murder, illegal arrests and corruption; he was sentenced to die three weeks ago. Concerned that the execution might tarnish the image of Saigon...
...some, Ngo Dinh Can seemed to be the ablest of the ill-fated Ngo brothers. Although he never held an official position in the Diem regime, he was the overlord of central Viet Nam. A rural Rasputin in high-collared mandarin robes who wenched and swindled lustily, he nevertheless ran his fief so effectively that it had less trouble from the Viet Cong than any other area. Can in vain advised his brothers, President Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, to ease the measures against the Buddhists-not out of idealism but to avoid rocking the boat...
...courtroom door a little man in white who seemed so weak that he had to be held on his feet. He was Ngo Dinh Can, 50, brother of South Viet Nam's two murdered ex-leaders, Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, and once the tough overlord of central Viet Nam. While Can ruled, the Viet Cong moved warily in the region, but he made lots of other enemies as well. Fleeing for his life after the anti-Diem coup, Can sought asylum in the U.S. consulate...