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...Cameroon. The aluminum plant belonging to the Compagnie Cam-erounaise de l'Aluminum Pechiney/Ugine is exclusively in the hands of French and Belgian shareholders [not shared with Olin-Mathieson]. On the other hand, Olin-Mathieson is an important shareholder of FRIA, which produces alumina from local bauxite in Guinea; other shareholders in the company, in addition to our French group, are English, German and Swiss producers...
Voting for Freedom. Pearl Harbor surprised the U.S.; it awakened Australia. As the Japanese overran Singapore and invaded New Guinea,- and even bombed Darwin in Australia's own Northern Territory, Australians abruptly lost their sense of secure remoteness. Britain, fighting for its life, was in no position to help -and was reluctant to lose the battle-hardened Australian troops in the Middle East. "Without any inhibitions of any kind," wrote Prime Minister Curtin in January 1941, "I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with...
...Borchgraved'Altena, chief curator of the Belgian Museum of Art and History: "Until the day that the technical specialists have at their disposal infallible methods, unanimously considered as such also outside their own circle, we wish that the best paintings in our museums no longer be used as guinea pigs...
...Touré's Guinea, which voted itself out of the French Community a year and a half ago, Israeli diamond interests formed a partnership with the government to market the output of Guinea's diamond mines...
...listened until he fixed the exact note hummed by a swarm of bees (treble A above middle C). Obliging friends and zookeepers plied him with odd creatures for dissection. Only with reluctance did he take time for his patients. "I must go and earn this damn'd guinea," he complained, "or I shall be sure to want it tomorrow...