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Mengistu Leaves Ethiopia in Shambles; Civil Wars, Famine and Political Terror Marked 17-Year Rule by Marxist President
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President Mengistu Haile Mariam, who abruptly resigned and fled
Ethiopia today, left his country a shambles, economically bankrupt
and on the verge of political disintegration. His hopes for
establishing an African Marxist state ended in famine, war and
political terror.
The dour army colonel who became a hard-line Marxist was little
known to the outside world when he led a group of army officers in
the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in September 1974.
Initially, Mengistu made profound social and economic changes in
Ethiopia, transforming its highly feudal society into a socialist ...
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Hand in Hand In Hirshhorn
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; ...muscled horses, chiseled faces and mythological creatures realistically sculpted. Walking counterclockwise, look for Aime-Jules Dalou's "Guardian Angel," a lovely angel sheltering a crowd of cherubic children. The classical sculpture gives way...
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Buying some time
Newspaper article from: Evening Post (Bristol UK)
; ...sculpture model of a seated peasant woman with a child. The bronze is signed by the noted 19th century French sculpture Dalou (Aime Jules, 1838-1902). The 18.5in high rendition is mooted at pounds5,000-pounds8,000, an amount the auctioneers...
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