Word: robertson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sardauna against him, Awolowo, despite the most money and the best organization, trailed badly. As the ballots were counted, the Sardauna's North swung ahead of Zik, but if no one got a clear majority, it would be left to the discretion of Governor General Sir James Robertson to name the nation's first head of state...
...Gene Robertson hadn't left his room for three days. In fact, he only got out of bed to exercise (touch your toes ten times, do seven push-ups) and to eat Chinese food which his roommate brought...
...half months after Gene had begun his idyll, there was a Faculty meeting. When the discussion became dull, four professors who were sitting next to each other started to gossip. Each of them, it turned out, had Gene Robertson in his class, and knew of Gene's defection. "Let's visit him," one said. "When the boy meets us in person, he will see the light." "Knowledge is a wonderful thing," they told each other incidentally, "and we will (and have and shall for evermore) tell him what is important...
...next afternoon, they went to Gene's room. "Gene Robertson," said one of them, "you are wasting a valuable opportunity. When I lectured this morning, every student had his pencil on his paper, writing down valuable information...
...dressed up in a circle pin, a pearl necklace, an orchid and an ageless smile, Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses handled a silver knife with the art that comes from practice. She was cutting birthday cake...