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...aged warrior???who was probably in his early 80s, though his exact age was never known?had presided over the bloody transition to independence, and for 15 years had held his country's fractious tribes together. Under Mzee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: The Old Man Dies at Last | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...Victory is his habit?the happy warrior???Alfred E. Smith," came the last words, then the crashing applause. Puffing hard at his cigar, Alfred E. Smith left the room. He returned later and did a few waltz steps to the broadcast blare of East Side, West Side. That evening's statement-to-the-press, not strictly accurate, was: "I heard Franklin Roosevelt and the demonstration and enjoyed them both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Smith Week | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

...SPLENDID SHILLING?Idwal Jones?Doubleday, Page ($2). "Happy the man who, devoid of cares and strife, in silken or in leathern purse retains the splendid shilling." So lied the old Welsh proverb. The girl, Danzel, wore the crusted coin?rapt from the empty ribs of a warrior???until there was a green stain on her breast. She made to give it to Guy Puncheon as he left Wales to let his half-gypsy blood race free and find their fortune. But it dropped between them, which may have been the omen. Guy found it, pouched it in silk against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Shilling | 6/7/1926 | See Source »

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