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Beyond Money. It was no surprise in Cameroon that the statue was in the U.S. (The U.S. embassy had been asked to discuss the matter with the Cameroon government in August.) But the new publicity about the sculpture caused a stir. Last week Thaddeus Nkuo, first secretary of Cameroon in Washington and himself a Kom, demanded its return, explaining: "It is beyond money, beyond value. It is the heart of the Kom, what unifies the tribe, the spirit of the nation, what holds us together. It is not an object of art for sale, and could...
...brutal attack of a black schoolgirl by a gang of white youths wielding baseball bats and rubber hoses. The failure to adequately report this and several other incidents involving white attackers brought charges of racist reporting. The Progressive Labor Party dramatized their notion of a "conspiracy to stir up racial violence" by taking over The Boston Globe's advertising office and demanding that the Globe print a PLP statement denouncing the coverage...
...recipe for napalm? "You just take gasoline, sprinkle in some powder, and stir...
Fieser got quite proficient at making napalm. "It's quite simple," he said. "You just take gasoline, sprinkle in some powder, and stir. First it turns into a mixture the consistency of applesauce, and then you let it sit a while and it turns into a thick, tough gel." He pulled a vial of napalm from one of his office shelves; it looks like dried yellow glue. Fieser said that although it was made 30 years ago it would still burn...
Daly suggested that the Cambridge Corporation, an independent organization funded jointly by Harvard and MIT, be consulted on the divestiture plan. "This may stir up the troops around here," he said, "but I feel it is a perfectly legitimate role for them to have...