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Colonial Uganda - ... Harry H. Johnston, had orders to establish an efficient administration and to levy taxes as quickly as possible. Johnston approached the chiefs in Buganda with offers of jobs in the colonial administration in return for their collaboration. The chiefs, whom Johnston characterized in demeaning terms, were more interested in preserving Buganda as a self-governing entity, continuing the royal line of kabakas, and securing private land tenure for themselves and their supporters. Hard bargaining ensued, but the chiefs ended up with everything they wanted, including one-half of all the land in Buganda. The half left to ...

History of Seattle before 1900 - ... a cougar or a bear..." Against this background, Doc Maynard stands out for his excellent relations with the natives. He and Chief Seattle were friends and allies: Maynard certainly profited greatly from this friendship, but that should not diminish the fact that ... immediately adjacent to one another. By the time of the treaty of Point Elliott, Maynard had already made an ally of Chief Seattle by arranging to have him compensated for the use of his name for the new town. (Chief Seattle's ancestral religion had beliefs opposed to speaking a person's name after that person's death, so ...

Deaths in 2003 - ... Today magazine (90 years) 7 Azie Taylor Morton, former Treasurer of the United States (67 years) 6 Jose-Maria Jimenez, professional bicycle rider (32 years) 6 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala 1970-74 (85 years) 6 Jerry Tuite, professional wrestler ... on Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction 17 Eamonn Leahy, 46 year old top Irish barrister and husband of government Chief Whip Mary Hanafin 16 Captain James Kelly, former Irish Army officer cleared of attempting to import arms for the IRA ... American jazz pioneer. 11 Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-born Canadian journalist 11 Ken Whyld, British chess author 10 Lord Shawcross, Britain's chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. 9 Winston Graham, author of Poldark and Marnie 8 Dr. William Boyd, former Moderator ...

Seattle, Washington - ... was incorporated in 1869, after having existed as an incorporated town from 1865 to 1867. Seattle is named after Noah Sealth, chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes, better known as Chief Seattle. David Swinson ("Doc") Maynard, one of the city founders, was the primary advocate for naming the city after Chief Seattle. Previously, the city had been known as Duwamps (or Duwumps); that name is preserved in the Duwamish River. ...

B-47 Stratojet - ... to Europe and examine captured German technology. The result was the "Scientific Advisory Group". One of the members was Boeing's chief aerodynamicist, George Schairer. During his visit to Germany, Schairer examined data obtained by German aircraft manufacturers on the advantages of ... very big at the time, that meant a long bomb bay, further limiting space for landing gear. The solution was a "bicycle" landing gear configuration, with the two main gear assemblies arranged in a tandem, not a side by side, configuration. Outrigger ... fitted to the inboard engine pods. The concept had already been tested on a modified Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft. However, bicycle landing gear made it difficult for a pilot to "rotate" an aircraft into a nose-up position for takeoff. ...