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...Bahutu-Watutsi quarrel reached its peak late in 1963, when Watutsi warriors raided Rwanda in bands called inyenzi (cockroaches). The irate Bahutu responded by chopping off the legs of thousands of Watutsis and floating the remains down the Ruzizi River...
First Ever. The annual efflorescence of four-color printing is aimed at every kind of green thumbsman from penthouse to prairie. It reaches its peak this month, when the industry offers glowing premiums-rosebushes, flowering shrubs, a pruning knife-to those who mail in their seed orders before March 15. Each year also brings a crop of first-time-ever items. Among this year's new offerings...
...orchestra's peak came during the late '50s, when it played as many as 340 recording sessions a year, earned international acclaim for its matchless recordings of Beethoven's symphonies under Conductor Herbert von Karajan. Ironically, the Philharmonia's subsequent financial troubles resulted in large measure from a musical heritage of which Londoners are justifiably proud. In all, the city boasts five first-rank orchestras, of which only one-the BBC Symphony-is financially secure. The once great Royal Philharmonic, which has skidded deeply into debt since Sir Thomas Beecham's death...
...first glance, Martin Luther King appears to be at the peak of his career. Recently he attracted world acclaim by winning the Nobel Peace Prize. At home his prestige is equally great. He holds conferences with the President and other national leaders. In the North, he speaks--as he did on Sunday in Cambridge--to overflow audiences. In the South, he is able to turn thousands of Negroes into the street with a few words...
Last week the Investment Company Institute predicted that fund sales, after setting records for five months in a row, will climb 32% this year to an all-time record of $3.25 billion-10% above the old peak set in the 1961 bull stock market. The dollar volume of shares cashed in by investors has dropped from 61% of sales last year to 52% since June, indicating that the public is once again beginning to view the funds with favor...