Word: formalities
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...African Butcher." Only France seemed to get pleasure out of its big bang. Japan and Morocco prepared formal protests. From Nasser's United Arab Republic came the cry: "The government which has acted as a butcher in Algeria is now trying to act as a butcher for all Africa." Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah of the West African state of Ghana dramatically ordered the freezing of French assets (estimated at $14 million) until possible effects of the explosion on the Ghanaian population are known. Nigeria found it necessary to post security guards around the French embassy...
What really brought on the new ground rules was an aggressive campaign introducing the new filter brand Life last fall, which resulted in a formal FTC complaint against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. for false filter advertising claims. The Life ads convinced the FTC something had to be done for the industry as a whole, and the formal complaint convinced the cigarette makers that it would be prudent to agree to end the filter derby. Said Kintner gratefully, noting that cigarette advertisers spend $190 million a year: "It is no small feat for them to change the major emphasis...
...Trailing after the formal, compulsory figures, Ohio's little (5 ft. 6 in., 135 lbs.) Dave Jenkins, 23, put on a stunning display of acrobatic, free-figure skating to win his fourth national championship in Seattle, seemed to have recovered completely from a gashed leg suffered last summer. With New York City's dimpled Carol Heiss, 20, who also won her fourth national title, Jenkins makes U.S. figure skaters solid favorites to take gold medals in the Winter Olympics...
Last week's Kenya constitutional conference got off to the worst possible start. As Iain Macleod entered the room for his formal opening speech, the chairs of the 14 elected African members were empty. Dryly extending his welcome to "those of you who are here," Macleod quickly explained what had happened. The African elected members had requested a second special adviser. Their first adviser is Thurgood Marshall, the U.S. Negro lawyer who pleaded the antisegregation cases of the N.A.A.C.P. before the Supreme Court. The suggested second adviser: Peter Mbiyu Koinange, 53, one of 30 children of a Kikuyu chieftain...
...ngomso sizi chole ezo zinge knayo zinga bikho nfalo singamalamu singa mangamla nagithi*), is probably too shy to realize it, but her return to Africa would leave a noticeable gap in the U.S. entertainment world, which she entered a mere six weeks ago. Miriam Makeba, 27, has had no formal musical training, and a few years ago she still earned her living as a housemaid in Johannesburg, but she is the most exciting new singing talent to appear in many years...