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Tragic Role. But last week as the nation held its first postindependence general election, there was precious little brotherhood, and Nigeria's model democracy lay in a shambles of violence, poll rigging, boycotting and threats. Any Nigerian who still felt like hailing his own dear native land would have to be quick about it: Nigeria was perilously close to a political breakup. "If Nigeria must disintegrate, then in the name of God, let the operation be short and painless," mourned President Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe in a nationwide radio broadcast, calling on politicians to "summon a round-table conference...
...Republican and a student, I am very aware of our fine American traditions, including our freedoms of speech and of political action. Every American must always be willing to guard these precious liberties. The students and faculty of Berkeley [Dec. 18] are doing just this and deserve the admiration and support of every American who believes in democracy and the freedoms it guarantees. If it is the "Trotsky groups" and "members of the Communist front" who protect and defend these aspects of our heritage, I would clearly have to desert the Republican Party and register as a Communist...
...Today I come to Oslo as a trustee, inspired, and with renewed dedication to humanity. I think Alfred Nobel would know what I mean when I say that I accept this award in the spirit of a curator of some precious heirloom which he holds in trust for its true owner-all those to whom beauty is truth and truth, beauty-and in whose eyes the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold...
...back to corn and beans for the Egyptians on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, though tourist hotels will still be allowed to serve meat daily. Violators could get up to one year in jail. To ease the shortage, the government has also set aside $90 million in precious foreign exchange to import Russian frozen fish and American chicken and canned meats...
...have been following the Gen. Ed. debate in your columns with astonishment I went to Radcliffe in the had old days before the Red Book and have not forgotten the sense of excitement and adventure with which twice a year we opened the catalogue to choose our precious distribution courses prescribed only within the broadest limits. Was it going to be philosophy anthropology, or history? An introductory survey of literature or could we talk our way into a more advanced and specialized course...