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Angry Letters. Leading the attack is a generation of young Kenya urbanites who look upon the dowry as institutionalized blackmail. In Nairobi, the angry young men have formed a group called the Kenya Dowry Reformation Movement, and are flooding Nairobi pa pers with letters demanding an end. "The Attorney General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: The Bride Price | 7/30/1965 | See Source »

Fat, flabby, 45-year-old Farouk symbolized the gross results of a classically misspent life. Last week he died as he had lived - gorging himself on fine food with a willowy blonde at his side. The end came in Rome's Ile de France restaurant on the ancient Aurelian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: A Tale of Two Autocrats | 3/26/1965 | See Source »

Rising Tide. The news blackout did not affect syndicated columnists working out of New York, except to cost them their Manhattan outlets. The same held true for New York newspaper news services; their familiar bylines continued to appear out of town. Editions of New York pa pers published beyond New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Deadlock | 12/21/1962 | See Source »

Executive Editor Aronson, who had also worked in Germany licensing news papers with Belfrage, was only slightly more talkative: he admitted that some Communists did get licenses to start pa pers with the aid of U.S. Government cash. But beyond that, Aronson would not talk; he flatly refused to discuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lifting the Welcome Mat | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

In New York City last week, 18,000 high-school students wrestled for three hours with questions like these. They were taking the state's semi-annual history examination, required for graduation. Usually 5% fail to make the passing mark of 65; this time there were twice as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Too Tough | 2/16/1948 | See Source »

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