Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After the rebels had won their five-week war, Hannifin retired to Mexico City for a rest and, recently, sent us an account of his coverage. Some excerpts...
They have, unaccountably, been in Christendom's midst for a long time. On the road to Calvary (so a gypsy account goes), an old gypsy woman took pity on the Savior and tried to prevent His crucifixion by stealing the nails that were to be used. When caught by a Roman soldier, the woman begged for mercy: "I haven't stolen anything for seven years." One of the Disciples was moved to say: "You are blessed now. Henceforth, the Savior allows you to steal once every seven years." Since then, the gypsies have roamed the world, cheerfully stealing...
...When she refused to withhold taxes from the wages of her 40 employees, the U.S. Government claimed and got $1,-685.40 from the Westport, Conn, bank account of Industrialist Vivien Kellems. Spinster Kellems promised to sue the bank, organize business men and women into a "mighty crusading force to abolish the withholding...
...least five or six dailies. He must be more sophisticated and analytical than American readers. But after stripping opinions from the facts, he not only knows the news, but also knows what the political parties think of it." (He is also out 25 or 30 francs, which helps account for the newsstand slump.) His alternatives (if he can read English): the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune (circ. 62,000), and the London Daily Mail's continental edition (45,000), the only real newspapers -by U.S. standards-in Paris...
...will get an undeservedly high grade. This same complaint is applicable to examinations, however, and perhaps even more justly. The papers by themselves, moreover, help men learn how to organize their thoughts on paper. The General Education report made one of its less renowned but important points on this account, urging short essays on assigned topics as a means toward fulfilling the important points on this account, urging short essays on assigned topics as a means toward fulfilling the important educational function of teaching people how to write...