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Though he won the Croix de guerre fighting for the French in World War II, 37-year-old Mahmoud Harbi is now a fervid admirer of Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose radio propaganda urges the Somalis to rise up and expel their colonial masters. Harbi is Somali-land's only Deputy to the French National Assembly, but he campaigned vigorously for a non vote. He dreams of the day when Somalia (a U.N. trusteeship administered by Italy but slated for independence in 1960) and British Somaliland, a protectorate that is also moving toward independence, will join...
...Continue." That night, after the earth was dark, Simons' balloon still shone with reflected sunlight. Through his porthole windows, he stared at the most impressive sight of his life: a stratosphere sunset. Checking the changing shades against a spectrum chart, he radioed a fervid description back to earth, once excitedly described a shade as "purplish blue blue." Said he: "There's no color on. this chart to match it. No sunset on earth was ever so beautiful...
...operative programs would, of course, be ideal, but the Latin American countries would be greatful for even less tangible signs of interest. Milton Eisenhower's one visit worked a remarkable change in South American attitude toward the United States. Argentina, for instance, turned overnight from hostility to equally fervid admiration. But, aside from the one Eisenhower bid, little has been done to increase mutual understanding. In spite of the Fulbright program and others, student, teacher, and labor leader exchange has been negligible. Technical assistance has been almost equally lacking. This is largely because neither the State Department nor the public...
...what they wished-only what she wished. Where Dorothy shimmered in white satin, Eartha smoldered in red bugle beads. Where Dorothy swayed in sweet resignation, Eartha froze and darted her almond eyes. When Eartha sang, it was in a smoky, reedlike quaver. Most of the time she was the fervid, grasping female as she trumpeted C'est Si Bon, Après Moi and The Heel. But at the end she often inserted a wistful and not very convincing twist-the manner of the little girl lost in the wicked world...
...Hampshire a 100% Ike supporter, a Taft conservative and a fervid McCarthy fan-in that order-ran one, two, three in the Republican race for the two-year remainder of the late Charles Tobey's Senate term. The winner: veteran Congressman Norris Cotton, 54, who at 24 presided over a G.O.P. state convention. An old friend of Presidential Adviser Sherman Adams, Cotton came out for Ike back in 1951, is rated a sure winner in November...