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...subject. He would 1) keep the present system except for x, c and q; 2) eliminate the neutral second vowels found in such words as colour, labour and honour; 3) substitute "unambiguous symbols" for the consonant combinations sh, zh, wh, th, dh, ng; also for the vowel-consonant combinations ah, aw, at, et, it, of, ut, oot, yoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 2, 1951 | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...meant that the Majlis was intimidated by the assassination of Premier AH Razmara, who had opposed nationalization of oil.* That was true, but it was only part of the story that had led up to one of the worst calamities to the anti-Communist world since the Red conquest of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Whose Ox Is Nationalized? | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

Skiman: "Ah, well. Weltanschauung himself once told me he often missed two out of five...

Author: By G. JEROME W. goodman, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 3/7/1951 | See Source »

...audience was whipped up, but Little David had calmed down. "Ah," he said, with a smile of satisfaction, "I'm going to be far away from this teensy little world, but where will you be? Heaven is a safe deposit, don't you want to go and ESCAPE?" "Oh yes, yes," murmured the crowd...

Author: By William A. M. burden, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/28/1951 | See Source »

Four hours later, Pakistan's Prime Minister Liaquat AH Khan, in an equally impeccable double-breasted blue suit, held a press conference of his own. As he told it, the story of the negotiations sounded different. The Commonwealth mediators had first suggested that a force of Australians and New Zealanders be stationed in Kashmir during the plebiscite, permitting both Indian and Pakistani forces to withdraw. "I accepted this proposal," said Liaquat. "Mr. Nehru rejected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: Dynamic Neutrality | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

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