The election of the village headman had been postponed.
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Headman
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The headman entered the neighbor's house with his dog, and all the women ran into the rooms and closed the doors, and some of the curious little boys who wanted to see the headman's dog with their own eyes wisened up after the dag walked in, and they hurried up the yard's trees like cats.
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But then Nash speaks to the school headman on Josie's behalf and persuades him to admit my youngest son.
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The Headman and the Principal of the school have taken care that the children do not learn anything and that education does not make any progress in this region.
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