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...reform, further diversification of the heavily agricultural economy, and increased Kenyan participation in private enterprise. He has also vowed to fight political corruption. That could be a real challenge. Among the Kenyans who prospered mightily during Mzee's regime were members of his extensive family. Kenyatta's widow Mama Ngina, among others, amassed impressive landholdings. The father of the House sees no contradiction. "We shall build Kenya" he said, "into a single monument to the everlasting memory of our father of the nation in the living spirit he himself taught...
...several months, wall posters in China's capital have been attacking Peking Mayor Wu Teh-most significantly as the RAT'S TAIL OF THE GANG OF FOUR. That menacing epithet suggested that the mayor would soon follow Chiang Ch'ing, Chairman Mao Tse-tung's widow, and her radical Gang of Four into political disgrace. Last week the writing on the wall was confirmed when Wu, 68, was replaced by Lin Hu-chia, the mayor of Tientsin. Although Wu will retain his seat in the 23-man ruling Politburo, Chinese officials said that he will...
...either solved it himself or died." No exaggeration, that. Here is how the Providence Journal-Bulletin had to answer E.M. of Cranston, R.I., who had complained that the Social Security people were giving him the runaround: "Sadly, we are writing this answer to E.M.'s widow. (See story on Page...
...President of Fredonia; his slogan, an eerie anticipation of Proposition 13, is "Whatever it is, I'm against it." Chico and Harpo are spies for Sylvania, a rival power. (Chico also enjoys a brief stint as a Public Nusiance in Groucho's cabinet). Margaret Dumont is a rich widow who is quite literally Groucho's biggest backer. There are millions of classic scenes in the film, including Chico's trial for treason, a war conference that evolves into a revival meeting ("I got guns, you got guns, all God's chillun got guns."), and the famous mirror sequence. Serious critics...
...years, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald has been trying to "forget the bad things." But last week, testifying for the first time in public about President Kennedy's assassin, she recounted their life together, from the day they met at a dance in Minsk to the time of his death, two days after he killed Kennedy...