Word: zee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...three months the country's 9,000,000 voters had endured every variety of speech, parade and accusation. In the slums of Lagos, naked children ran through the streets blowing "ZEE-EEK" on whistles handed out by supporters of Eastern Region Premier Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe, or noisily deflated colored toy balloons producing the sound of a crowing cock, symbol of Zik's N.C.N.C. Party. Overhead, imported skywriters drew a palm tree in the sky, symbol of Zik's free-spending opponent, Obafemi Awolowo, premier of the Western Region. Twelve busloads of ringers from Ghana were discovered just...
Nyack, N.Y., Tappan Zee Playhouse: The Teahouse of the August Moon with Burgess Meredith...
Nyack, N.Y., Tappan Zee Playhouse: Margaret Truman stars (but does not sing) in The Happy Time...
...from the bustle and night life of the big cities, The Netherlands is still dotted with some of the world's dourest Calvinist communities. Among its grimmest is the former islet of Urk (pop. 5,500), a fishing village on the Zuider Zee. On Sundays, Urkers still separate their hens from the roosters, turn their paintings to the wall, read only one book (the Bible), take only one processional walk (to church). Doing anything else is sinful. For years life in Urk was pretty routine, and the town constable's daily report invariably read: "Nothing has happened." That...
When the life-confronters return, Zellidja Foundation trustees judge the best reports, pass out awards-another measly $70-$90 in cash, plus the privilege of doing the whole thing again. For next year, the trustees are uneasily trying to decide whether to give Zee scholarships to girls. Mused one Zellidja officer: "The girls would like to have a try, but how many French families would like their daughters to hitchhike around the world...