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Nikolao I. Pula...
White Mother. But the primitive Bamangwato, whatever the British said, persisted in recognizing Seretse as leader-especially after his homecoming was greeted by a pula, or downpour, greatest good omen in thirsty Bechuanaland. The tribesmen revered their white queen as Mihuma-Kghadi, "Mother of Us All." And surprisingly, Ruth made fast friends among Bechuanaland's 3,000 Europeans, who only a few years ago could not have conceived of condoning a black-white marriage. Seretse stayed busy looking after his herds of 25,000 cattle and his growing family (three boys and one girl). Last week, as Britain started...
...Nasser sailed from Pula, Yugoslavia for the return trip to Cairo. He sailed two days in the Adriatic. When he learned about American troop landings in Lebanon and the increase of tension in the area, Nasser returned to Pula, where he met with Tito to discuss the situation. From Pula, Nasser, accompanied by U.A.R. Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi, went to Brioni. From Brioni, Fawzi and Nasser flew to Moscow, where Nasser had two meetings with Khrushchev that lasted eight hours. They discussed the international situation and necessary steps to preserve peace...
...waterless wastes of Bechuanaland there is no happier word than pula, which means first "rain," and hence almost everything else that is good. Last week in a tidy suburban cottage outside London, a handsome, long-legged law student gazed at his comely,wife of eight years and murmured a heartfelt "Pula" Soon afterward he canceled his plans for a December bar examination, put his Croydon cottage up for sale and made plans to go home. "From now on," he said, "I'm going to be a farmer...
...Seretse Khama, chief of the Bamangwato, was finally allowed by the British to return to his homeland for a five-day reunion with his white wife, former London Typist Ruth Williams, who is expecting a baby in June. As crowds of Bamangwato shouted happily and grizzled tribal elders cried pula, pula (welcome, welcome), Ruth, sobbing and laughing, ran over the rough sand into her husband's arms...