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...month he has been trying to form the Congo's splintered factions into a "government of national reconciliation." The rousing welcome he received on his tour of Stanleyville (pop. 300,000) showed that Tshombe had succeeded in winning the approval of at least some of the city folks. "Vive Tshombe!" they screamed as his caravan swept through Stanleyville's five African communes. One man even shouted, "Vive le Roi!" At Goma, in rebellion-torn Kivu Central province, Congolese literally hung from the trees to hear Tshombe speak. "Black blood has been flowing like wild animals," he told them...
...them got the phrase backward, but that didn't seem to matter. Premier Moise Tshombe grinned, clapped his new government on the back, and capered with flailing fists in a mad jig down the bright green lawn as his admirers screamed their approval: "Down with Adoula and vive Tshombe." Thus the Congo's fourth Premier in as many years began his rule...
...they had taken 1,200 German prisoners. The Van Doos have since served in Italy in World War II, and with the U.N. forces in Korea. The regimental mascot is a goat named Baptiste, named after Jean-Baptiste, patron saint of French Canada, and their marching song is Vive la Canadienne. The Van Doos have been on a U.N. alert for the past three years as a "fire-brigade force ready to go anywhere," have been trained in such niceties as mob control, guerrilla operations and peace-patrol techniques, and carry such special equipment as wooden batons and steel mesh...
...house of Hachette only grows larger. Its gross volume of $283 million makes it one of the country's biggest businesses. Last month France's largest sports daily, L'Equipe (circ. 300,000), decided to give its monthly magazine Sport & Vie a new name-Vive les Vacances!-and itself a new partner: Hachette. And last week Hachette added two new names to its list of magazines: Caroline, an illustrated weekly for young girls, and Colibri (Hummingbird), a puzzle, game and picture book for children...
...Vive la Difference...