Heritage

Boutros-Ghali -African Secretary General of the United Nations (illustration)

Boutros-Ghali, the first African Secretary General of the United Nations, has more than a passing interest in politics. His grandfather, Boutros Ghali, the only Christian prime minister of Egypt, was shot by an assassin in 1910. Cairo crowds hailed his Moslem killer, but the fami …

Young Russian Dies of Exhaustion Trying to Redeem Land (illustration)

A young Russian inherits his father’s small farm. He immediately starts dreaming of how to expand his property when one morning a well-dressed stranger visits him and makes him an offer that is too good to be true. He could have free of charge all the land he could cover in one …