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...British colony has always been marked by the pomp and panoply of Britain's imperial traditions. A member of the royal family usually flew out to hand over the articles of independence. The governor general was on hand in his gold-braided uniform and cocked hat. Tribal dancers exploded in bare-breasted ecstasy. Then, promptly at midnight, bullnecked district officers wept openly as a bugle sounded and the Union Jack came down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: No Time for Tears | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

What followed was a spending spree -but one plotted with care. Tyonek Business Manager Seraphim Stephan Sr. took a course in tribal-business administration in New Mexico. An outside accounting firm was hired. Carefully investing their fortune, the Indians bought into the Anchorage construction firm that built their new homes, are acquiring an interest in an air-taxi service whose owner flew countless mercy missions for them before prosperity struck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska: The Tycoons of Tyonek | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

Even more promising is the emphasis that Tyonek elders have put on education and jobs. The village council authorized a $5,000 grant for everybody on the tribal roll, specified that most of it had to be applied toward home construction-except when invested in schooling. Already three Tyonek Indians have enrolled to study oil-rig work in California, another has learned diesel engineering in Chicago. Moreover, every construction contract entered into by the village provides for the hiring of local residents, many of whom are thereby learning to be carpenters, plumbers and electricians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska: The Tycoons of Tyonek | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

...process, a true nation 'is emerging out of what once was four major tribal confederations and two or three urban centers. As its leader, Feisal himself was his own best proof of the change last week. In his flowing white robes and gold headband, he flew off to Spain for five days of trade and foreign-investment talks with Francisco Franco. From Madrid he goes on to Washington this week, where he will meet with President Johnson to discuss economic development and other problems of the Middle East. In the old days of Saudi extravagance, there would have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia: Revolution from the Throne | 6/24/1966 | See Source »

...London, however, the Daily Express took exception to Kennedy's suggestion that the white man had done little to help Africa. "Among other things," the paper pointed out, "the British brought peace and justice. They ended the slave trade and tribal wars. They saved the lives of millions who would otherwise have died as a result of famine, neglect or battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans Abroad: With Bobby in Darkest Africa | 6/17/1966 | See Source »

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