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...VICEROY OF QUIDAH by Bruce Chatwin Summit; 155 pages...
Soames has recently received a barrage of criticism from both Patriotic Front wings, as well as their allies in the frontline and Commonwealth states. Critics of the British viceroy accuse him of blatant bias for authorizing the Rhodesian security forces to track down and shoot guerrillas who "unlawfully" remain outside the cease-fire camps. Claiming that 17 of his men were killed by the Rhodesians last week while trying to get to a camp, Nkomo demanded that the 1,200-man Commonwealth observer force be reinforced by 5,000 or 10,000 additional troops...
...country last week, speaking in South Carolina, Florida, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, as well as Iowa, the suave Sears described his candidate's campaign as still being only in second gear -and right where it should be. Tracing designs in the air with long, delicate ringers and a Viceroy cigarette, Sears told TIME Senior Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett: "Political campaigning is a collection of enthusiasms, instincts, energy and emotion. You don't want to get your people spent too early if you don't have to." Witness, says Sears, Ted Kennedy...
After the war, Mountbatten literally made history: as the last British Viceroy and first Governor-General on the Indian subcontinent, he oversaw the birth of self-government in the Empire's biggest possession, thus breaking ground for the postcolonial era. In 1955 he vindicated his father's name when Churchill appointed him First Sea Lord. Finally, during a six-year stint as chief of the Defense Staff, he built Britain's unified defense system, which he regarded as one of his major triumphs...
Desai's accession to power was uneventful and low-keyed. On Thursday, he drove to the old Viceroy's residence-now known as Rashtrapati Bhavan -where he was sworn in by Acting President Jatti. The oaths of office and official secrecy were read in Hindi, and in keeping with Desai's wish for austerity, there were no garlands. The new Prime Minister told reporters that he wanted to avoid being "vindictive or vengeful" toward Mrs. Gandhi or her fallen comrades. He announced that she was free to live in her government residence "as long as she wished...