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...Slap for Kwame. There was polite applause, but much of the audience was lukewarm to the ambitious scheme. Malagasy's President Philibert Tsiranana replied candidly: "You cannot decree a text for African unity. Many of our states are not mature enough." Urging a slower, step-by-step approach, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the able Prime Minister of Nigeria, Africa's most populous state (42 million, six times Ghana's population), took the opportunity to spank Nkrumah for his notorious meddling in his African neighbors' affairs. "Unity cannot be achieved as long as African countries continue subversion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: A Small Taste of Unity | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

...first period the first line of Blakey, Ikaunika, and captain Tim Taylor accounted for two more lightening-quick goals. Blakey pounced on a loose puck and drilled it past goalie Mike Hanson at 12:35, and at 12:54 Harry Howell scored on a long slap shot, with assists from Taylor and Ikauniks. Yale scored twice, on a backhand by Bill Hildebrand at 10:30 and a short drive by Frank Bishop...

Author: By Efrem Sigel, | Title: Sextet Slips by Yale 6-5, Win Clinches League Title | 2/25/1963 | See Source »

Hungary's festival pales by comparison with the old days, when Magyar aristocrats would spit on a 100-forint note (worth about $12.50), slap it on a gypsy's forehead, and demand passionate violin-playing until the spittle dried and the note fell off. But all things considered, it is gay enough. At Budapest's Press Ball last week, young men in stovepipe trousers and girls in daringly décolleté dresses performed a writhing twist that onlookers pointed to with a touch of pride as their own "dirty twist." For the monster masked balls that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hungary: Gay until Tomorrow | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

John Cook, Princeton's all-Ivy forward and the league's leading scorer, opened the evening with a long slap shot wide of the Crimson nets. That was about as close as the toothless Tigers came the rest of the night...

Author: By Robert A. Ferguson, | Title: Hockey Team Tramples Princeton, 6-1 | 2/18/1963 | See Source »

Patterson's fluke goal came at 5:35 of the first period and was followed by a hard Howell slap-shot at the 17 minute mark. The tally gave coach Cooney Weiland's team a two goal margin it never relinquished...

Author: By Robert A. Ferguson, | Title: Varsity Six Top Indians, Take Lead in Ivy League | 2/7/1963 | See Source »

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