Word: toms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...placards cried "Freedom!" or "Ne Touchez Pas l'Afrique," and the torrent of anticolonialist oratory at the All African People's Conference in Accra last week seemed to have no end. "Whereas, 72 years ago the scramble for Africa started," said young (28) Conference Chairman Tom Mboya of Kenya, "from Accra we announce that these same powers must be told in a clear, firm and definite voice: 'Scram from Africa...
...establishment of an "African Legion" composed of volunteers and talked of a labor boycott of the Union of South Africa, but they neatly adopted a middle course between the "nonviolent" revolution advocated by Nkrumah and the fiery call to arms by some of the Algerians. And as for Tom Mboya's big "Scram," no time limit was even mentioned. The delegates were obviously mindful of another "scramble for Africa," and not all of it homegrown...
...psychological boost from the feeling that others were with them. For all the fiery phrases about "solidarity and fraternity" and for all the placards reading, "Forward to Independence Now!" this was no gathering of obedient line followers. They accepted as conference chairman Kenya's flashy young (28) Nationalist Tom Mboya-a good choice, everyone agreed, though many delegates bristled at the way Nkrumah railroaded his selection. The race for Africa's future, of which Le Figaro spoke, was still very much an open...
...loss events the Crimson's season record at 2-2-2 and solidifies the Larries' claim as the best collegiate hockey team in the East. Dick Fischer scored the other Crimson goal while Tom Laller had two goals for St. Lawrence and Bill McKillip and John Dalbec each...
...scored exactly half of the Varsity's Ivy League goals, his teammates did not fare too well in the rankings. Wing Larry Ekpebu tied 11 others with two scores for 11th place, and the Aga Khan's single tally earned him a tie for 23rd. The efforts of goalie Tom Bagnoli paced the varsity to the League's second-best defensive record...