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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...haughtily that he had proposed to nine other African nations* the formation of an independent African military command to handle such difficult assignments in the future. Since he had not invited such unsympathetic nations as Nigeria (most populous country in Africa) or those of the French Community (except for Mali), he avoided the risk of a mass rejection; but even most of the countries Nkrumah canvassed would doubtless give him a polite...
...United Nations' Congo operation, which is currently running at $10 million a month. The Russians are already more than $10 million in arrears on their other assessed payments and continue to duck any responsibility for the Congo operation. Asked to cough up, they offered nothing whatever except a piece of advice: the U.N. should...
...petrol, which more than canceled the tax rebates. Above all, New Zealand's voters were irritated by the feeling of pervasive government supervision of their tight little, right little island nation. A frequent gripe is that in the midst of prosperity, no one can buy an automobile except after paying exorbitant import duties and taxes (137% on U.S. cars), and even then the red tape makes delivery a matter of months...
...current monarch, Prince Franz Joseph II, has broken with history. He lives in Vaduz (pop. 3,300), Liechtenstein's capital. There he keeps-almost entirely to himself-one of the greatest private art collections in the world. Except for a 1948 show of 200 works in Lucerne, hardly any of the prince's 1,500 paintings, 75 tapestries, or the vast assortment of bronzes porcelain, baroque silver, Renaissance sculpture, Gothic and Renaissance furniture are ever seen by the public. Instead 95% of the collection stays in the prince's castles, mostly in the cellar and a tower...
...writes well of the region's wildlife and wild living, tells of a three-week solo canoe trip he made as a farewell gesture. Summoned by Bells, by John Betjeman. In a charming autobiography in verse, the author tells of a boyhood and young manhood that were unremarkable except for the pain, joy and insight that go with being a poet...