West African Krio Language Shaped by Slavery and Pidgin Roots
James M. Markham explains Krio, the Sierra Leone Creole language. He notes its African core despite English vocabulary and traces its origins to a pidgin mix from English and Portuguese traders. Krio developed in the New World and returned to Africa, influencing West African speech.
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Wlaka
Endong
West Africa
West African
Clifford Fyfe
Fyfe
America
West Indies
New World
Africa
Today In History highlights and world events
A December 3, 1970 historical digest lists key anniversaries from 1818 Illinois statehood to 1944 wartime Saar River crossing. It notes 1917 Wilson's war request, 1868 Davis treason trial, 1894 Stevenson's death, and later events in 1962 fogs and 1965 civil rights trials. It then covers Sierra Leone Krio language spread and Creole linguistic notes from Fyfe, with examples of Bo and local usage.
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Associated Press
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Austro-Hungary
Illinois
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Jefferson Davis
U. S
Virginia
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Saar River
Germany
London
Miami
Montgomery
Ala
Ku Klux Kaln
Detroit
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Air France
Caracas
Venzuela
Helen Bottel advice column questions a planetary ending
The reader letters discuss marital strain and in law issues from adoption to child support and personal independence. Helen Bottel offers guidance on discussing problems with spouses, managing finances, and pursuing help from adoption services or welfare if needed.
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Helen
Helen Bottel
Pecos
Your Horoscope for December 3 1970 Aries to Pisces
Daily forecast by Frances Drake outlines personal guidance for each sign with emphasis on action and self discipline. It notes versatile potential for the born today and highlights success in business literature law diplomacy or music alongside personal traits of joviality integrity and benevolence.
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Frances Drake
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Gilbert Stuart
Newton D. Baker
American Statesman
Rowland Hill
Josef Shevinne
Safeway Plans US$20 Million Guaranteed Notes Offering
Canada Safeway Limited announces a US$20 million principal amount of Guaranteed Notes Due 1975 to be issued by Canada Safeway International Finance Corp with unconditional guarantee from Canada Safeway Limited. Notes, non callable before maturity except for tax changes, will be offered in December by an international underwriters group led by Merrill Lynch. Not registered in the US nor offered in the US or Canada.
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Canada Safeway Limited
Winnerpeg
Manitoba
U.S
Canada Safeway International Finance Corp
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner& Smith Securities Underwriters Limited
Commerzbank - Credit Lyonnaise
N. M. Rothchild & Sons Limited
Union Bank of Switzerland (Underwriters) Limited
United States
Canada
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James M. Markham
Freetown
Sierra Leone
British
Sierra Leone Company
Nova Scotia
Britain
Free Town
Jamaica
Nigeria
Angola
Senegal
Ebo
Gambia
Ghana
Cameroons
Julius Cesar
The
American National Red Cross
George M. Elsey
Organization
White House
Elsey
Gen
James F. Collins
Roc Brynner
Yul Brynner
Merci
West
Jupiter
Qaes
New Guinea
Church OF ST. Katharine
HaMburg
Christian VY
Denmark
Christian
West Texas Telephone Co
Safeway
United Kingdom
West Germany
Australia
Asen
World Almanac
Mwoodworthy
Instant Music
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