Word: tribalized
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...Administration borrowing authority to make longer-term commitments to needy nations. Opening the debate with an impassioned plea for approval of the Kennedy program. Foreign Relations Committee Chairman William Fulbright of Arkansas said that opposition to the proposal "just proves that we still are not very far away from tribal society. The only thing we ever do with enthusiasm is getting ready to bash somebody in the snoot...
...series of four pictures hanging on the light green wall opposite the elevators (which are not used very often, the stairs are quicker). The first shows a group of workers planting seed in an African village; the second, aged tribal chieftains dressed in colorful native costumes, bending over simple textbooks in an outdoor classroom. A third picture shows an Oriental girl, her jet black hair cropped to look like an overturned bowl, gazing suspiciously at a glass of milk and a piece of bread placed before her on a gay print tablecloth. The fourth picture is of two tiny children...
...quick survey of internal development in Algeria, Mme. Cordebas analysed the social revolution which is destroying the old tribal base, and which has witnessed the growth of the immediate family as the unit of social life. Many of Algeria's young men have studied in Metropolitan France, she explained. When they return home, their opinions tend to take precedence over those of the tribal chief...
...eyed, tough-minded Daoud is the cousin of Afghanistan's retiring King Mohammed Zahir Shah; Daoud's brother is Afghanistan's Foreign Minister. His power rests on the support of the army and his fellow aristocrats (when he took power, he was careful to assemble the tribal chiefs and get their endorsement). In a country where more than 90% of the population are nomads or farmers, Daoud and his oligarchy are well aware that they must keep ahead of the growing demand for social development if they are to survive. "If development is slow, poverty itself...
After completing his baby-kissing, hand-pumping tour of Africa, "Soapy" Williams was chided by a national magazine portraying him, clad in a tribal robe and bow tie, proclaiming, "You too can become an African expert in three weeks." That Governor Williams learned little from his grand tour is evident in a brief article in Cambridge 38's special edition on Africa. Williams relies on the sonorous, empty phrases of officialdom--"African countries need economic assistance designed to meet national objectives and to create national stability"--to convey his random impressions of the continent...