Word: stops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Savage Memories. At his first major stop-the large (230,500 square miles), lush island of Madagascar off Africa's East Coast-De Gaulle met with a lukewarm reception. In Tananarive, Madagascar's shady, boulevarded capital, a crowd of 30,000 gave him only sporadic applause even when he pointed dramatically to the baroque hilltop castle of the last native queen of Madagascar and declared: "It can be occupied again by the chief of the Madagascar state...
Symbolism & Savvy. At De Gaulle's next stop, Brazzaville in Equatorial Africa, swarms of laughing, cheering Africans all but inundated the official caravan as the general drove from the airport to the house that was built for him during the dark years of World War II when Brazzaville was the "capital" of Free France...
...Gifts Wanted. The Brazzaville speech contributed mightily to the welcome De Gaulle received at Abidjan, his next stop, though some African political leaders in Dakar had an odd objection. "The general misunderstands us," complained one. "He wants to give us our independence, but we want to wrest it away ourselves...
...buses. When the police did not interfere, they stormed other terminals with Molotov cocktails. Mexico City transport was in chaos. People jammed the old streetcars, riding atop the roofs, crowded into trucks at 1? per ride. In vain Mexico City's bus drivers appealed to the students to stop. Finally, the 13 transport unions took full-page ads saying what all knew: "These young delinquents have proclaimed themselves defenders of the people. They don't care about the 15,000 modest workers...
...wonderful. What I think is interesting is that we prove the station has an adult appeal. A parent might be disgusted because of a station's playing Elvis Presley or Ricky Nelson. She'll say, 'Go out and play. Turn off the damn radio. Stop listening to that junk.' Now she hears that station telling that kid to go back to school. She says, 'Listen...