Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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India gave Nagaland official status as its 16th state in 1963, but many of the 400,000 Nagas still want nothing less than full independence. The Nagas are racially distinct from Indians, tracing their Oriental origins to Tibet and Burma. Once ferocious headhunters, many Nagas are now Christianized but have scant brotherly love for Hindu administration from New Delhi...
Wealthy Paupers. The house does have a few defenders. One of Pleuthner's neighbors, Architect Oscar de Bogdan, recalls that when the house was built in 1922, "it was a terrific showplace around here-one of the most authentic replicas of a 16th century English country manor." Says Dr. Margaret Archer, another neighbor: "Even now, the place looks like a collage. It has a crazy charm." Then she adds wistfully, "Everything else looks the same around here...
...Xerox, which turns out yearly profit records with the regularity of its own copiers, seems well on its way to its 16th straight mark. For the second quarter, earnings came to $28 million-a full 22% over the $23 million of the first quarter. All Chairman C. Peter McClough has to do now is to live up to his promise, made ten weeks ago when he became Chief Executive officer, to "keep her growing...
Dangerous Gamble. Jurors are not expected to buck directed verdicts. But in days gone by, they took more of a risk than did Solana. In 16th century England, the remote ancestor of today's directed verdict was called a writ of attaint; under it a judge could refuse to accept any jury verdict he did not like, no matter what the evidence. A new trial was then held, with a larger jury. If the new jury agreed with the judge, the original jurors could '"themselves be imprisoned and their wives and children thrust out of doors." That highhanded...
...Others: the Apostles' Creed, dating from the 2nd century; the Athanasian Creed, circa A.D. 361; the Nicean Creed, A.D. 381; and the Tridentene Profession, adopted by the Council of Trent in the 16th century...