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This week, after surviving the crisis at home. President Naguib arrived in the Sudan and promptly ran into bloodier trouble. Yelling tribesmen who oppose joining their land to Egypt rushed the British Governor General's home, where Naguib-was staying, brandishing steel-tipped spears and yelling, "Long live the...
That auspicious time came one day last week. The pilgrims swarmed into the nearby city of Allahabad (pop. 260,000) on 200 special trains, rattle-clatter bicycles, on foot and upon the backs of coolies and stronger relatives. The government had spent $2,000,000 and many months of careful...
Ever since William Tell shot the apple off his son's head with a single well-aimed arrow, showmen the world over have made a risky living by pinning their partners' clothes to the wall with a motley collection of cutlery or by snapping off cigarettes, held aquiver...
Dance of the Dafias. At that, some 500 more Dafias came howling out of the forest to rush the Indian camp behind a sudden blizzard of poisoned arrows and long spears. Those inside the major's tent made short work of him and his fellows, while outside, Indian and...
When the British marched in 40 policemen and 20 soldiers, they were met by 700 tribesmen armed with spears, clubs and bows & arrows. Tribeswomen screamed encouragement; the police fired guns and dispersed gas; the Ngurus let fly with spears and needle-tipped arrows. When it was over, two Nguru were...