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Most Liberians who were in senior high school or college in the late 1960s remember hearing of, if not reading, the book Growth Without Development. It was written by a group of economists from Northwestern University in Illinois, USA. The lead author was Professor Robert Clower.
The passing in Atlanta, Georgia Sunday night of Canon Burgess Carr leaves a vacuum that will be hard to fill. Upon his 1972 election as General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, based in Nairobi, Kenya, Canon Carr immediately took on the leadership of the churches of Africa. As AACC General Secretary, he gallantly fought for the political, cultural, theological and financial liberation of Africa and her churches. For this he became widely known throughout the world as a champion of African liberation, in the church, the state and the society. A dynamic preacher, speaker and activist, he commenced his fiery preaching right here in Liberia.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is Visitor to the University of Liberia, made a stirring appeal to its students Wednesday when she addressed its 92nd Commencement Convocation.
Mr. Alexander B. Cummings, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of The Coca Cola Company, is a young Liberian who has distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading corporate executives and certainly one of the most outstanding business people in the United States. As second in command at the global giant Coca Cola Company, with sales in over 200 countries, worth US$46 billion, Mr. Cummings is clearly a leading citizen of the world.
Poultry, eggs and livestock are among the easiest things to grow in Liberia.
The 28th Oath and Honors Day Program of the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia, was one of the most inspiring occasions anyone could have attended.
Finance Minister Amara Conneh, in his keynote address to the Liberia Chamber of Commerce Installation ceremony last Saturday, said the Liberian government had decided on the rehabilitation of the Mount Coffee Hydro-Electric Plant as priority number one.
The Liberia Maritime Authority this Wednesday received an extraordinary visitor at its picturesque headquarters site in Marshall, Margibi County.
The proposed bill for the creation into law of the “Liberia Sports Academy” is a worthy endeavor for Liberia.If passed into law, it would propel Liberia toward achieving excellence in international sporting tournaments and the Olympics.
When President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana was overthrown in February 1966, one of the coup makers asked what was to be done about the press.One knowledgeable person replied, “Don’t worry. They won’t give any trouble.”
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