Word: hauntingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...distance, these groups scattered into the polyglot tribes that fractionalize Africa today. Each went its own way. Some tribes raised empires based on hereditary rulers. In other tribal cultures, outstanding men or women and sometimes even children were elected chiefs. Many tribes shaped profound attitudes toward life that now haunt modern Africa's advancement. The Ibos developed a culture that stressed personal competition, and are thus born overachievers. In contrast, a Fang finds individual excellence so reprehensible that the talented are treated as outsiders or even outlaws. Yoruba see nothing wrong with saving money, while the Tiv see worthwhile wealth...
...without a certain fascination of its own. The plot goes something like this; Sabah is a 29,000-sq.-mi. chunk of Borneo, rich in timber, rubber, tobacco and untapped mineral wealth. It is located in the Sulu Sea only 20 miles from the southernmost Philippine Islands. Once a haunt of Moro pirates, Sabah was signed over in perpetuity to the British in 1878 by its ruler, the Sultan of Sulu, in return for an annual honorarium of 5,000 Straits dollars (now worth $1,700). In 1963, when colonialism's day was done, the British bequeathed Sabah...
...kitchen." Then he announced at a party rally that Britain, which has been having more than its share of economic difficulties, was now "on the way to an economic miracle." Many friends and foes alike thought that the statement was an absurd exaggeration and would come back to haunt...
...such a patronymic exposes a child to humiliation in what remains essentially a prudish society. The illegitimate child is usually given his mother's last name, but sometimes the mother refuses to register him rather than let the infamous "blank space" for the father's name haunt the child all his life...
Andersen said he expects Harvard's stiffest competition to come from the Oxford and Cambridge crews. Two former Crimson oarsmen, Gib Vincent and Roger Cheeyer, may return to haunt their alma mater. Both are doing graduate work at Cambridge and are rowing for a boat club which is expected to enter the Thames...