Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...refusal of the federal government to accept aid (all it can get at this moment) from all relief agencies is deplorable. General Gowon's accusations against someone as nonpartisan and obviously humanitarian as Pope Paul is truly shocking and can only confirm suspicions that the federal government will, in fact, permit (by its inaction and inability to control its own troops) large-scale genocide...
...sweltering tarmac of Lagos' Ikeja Airport last week, ground crewmen unloaded relief materials from the 13 nations cooperating in the effort to help save 1,000,000 or more I bo tribesmen who are in peril of starvation. Despite occasionally grudging cooperation from the Nigerian government (relief planes, for instance, were charged landing fees of up to $450), the effort was achieving some success. As work progressed, General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria's military leader, answered questions from TIME Correspondent James Wilde. In his first individual interview since the end of the civil war, Gowon maintains a determinedly optimistic...
...wholly cultural; and to be a product of nature, but not to be wholly natural." Half civilized, half beast, man struggles endlessly to harmonize the conflicting poles of his being. Pulled too far in either direction, he instinctively recognizes the danger and laughs out of embarrassment and relief...
...producing 500,000 bbl. a day. The company suffered the largest damage, and in 1969 spent $125 million in reconstruction. SAFRAP, the French state oil company, is probably in the shakiest position, since Paris backed the Biafrans with arms and cash. When SAFRAP tried to contribute money for relief, it was rebuffed by the Nigerian government...
...four poets, along with Alfred, will reassemble Feb. 28 at Boston University. This time admission will cost $1, and the proceeds will be sent to the Biafran Relief Fund...