Word: alonge
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Catholic; I do not necessarily go along with Senator John Kennedy or his beliefs, but I am ashamed that the people who think that religion should be a factor in politics are citizens of this country, where all men are equal. Such a belief is not only insane, it is childish. I do not wish to defend Kennedy or his faith, but I do think that religion is not a basis for election. Religion should not enter into politics, especially those politics that concern a nation...
TIME's picture of the Shanghai waterfront along Soochow Creek [June 8] brings back poignant memories of the Communists' entry into the city. The large building in the center is the Embankment Building, whose penthouse, jutting out from the top, was my family's home after World...
...investigator for Hawaii's attorney general, who had been ordered by Republican Governor William F. Quinn to investigate the scandal. And Senate Watchdog Duarte himself accounted for one of the rugs; it had, he said, been mistakenly shipped to his home on the island of Maui, along with 852 Ibs. of office furnishings he had purchased at discount rates from a firm renting equipment to the senate. Still missing: $10,000 worth of souvenirs from the last session of Hawaii's territorial legislature...
...Nasser retorted that "however determined [French] operational forces may be, they must first make contact with us and force us to fight." The French point happily to the defensive tone of "force us to fight." In an effort to isolate the rebels, the French have increased their artillery firepower along the Tunisian border to the point where it is almost impossible for the rebels to get supplies and men across without enormous losses...
Most moths are not pests in themselves, but their larvae are-e.g., the larvae of the gypsy moth destroy thousands of trees every year. Butenandt's discovery opens the way to a new attack on such pests. Insecticides kill off useful insects along with the pests. But if the sex attractant for one particular species can be isolated and synthesized, its males can be attracted, trapped, and killed without harming useful insects...