Stanleyville
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At one point, the “unmarried woman tax” was 20 percent of the budget of Stanleyville.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011
When Jacopetti was taken off to be interrogated or worse in the Congo city of Stanleyville, he turned to his cameraman and said, "Smile, smile," so they would show their captors no fear.
From Time ● Aug. 21, 2011
U.S. intelligence duly noted that new Soviet advisers were trickling into the pro-Communist capital of Stanleyville.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chief rival for the power of the mercurial Kasavubu is Patrice Lumumba, 33, onetime postal clerk in Stanleyville who served six months in jail in 1958 for embezzling $2,400 in postal money.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Stanleyville we quickly saw I was a liability, even more than in Bulungu.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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