Word: assisted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Segura fears that Protestants might take advantage of loopholes in the bill of rights to proselytize for their religion; such activity is not expressly forbidden. He would like Spain's government to reaffirm the 1851 concordat-abrogated in 1931 by the Spanish Republic-which pledges the state to assist the Catholic bishops, "especially when they are compelled to oppose the wickedness of men who are attempting to pervert the souls of the faithful and to corrupt their morals . . ." This, by Cardinal Segura's definition, would include any airing of Protestant ideas or any Protestant worship for Spaniards. (Protestantism...
...made up of three of Norodom's pieces: an animated waltz with a few tinkling, Cambodian effects, Berceuse; a contrasting movement, Nostalgia, and a lively beguine, Cherie. The king's music won the loudest applause of the evening. Cherie might, with popular orchestration (and perhaps another diplomatic assist) provide King Phumiphon's show tunes with some stiff competition...
...Justinian, even less about his wife Theodora, but Harold Lamb is an old hand at bridging historical gaps. He once wrote a whole book about so shadowy a figure as Poet Omar Khayyam, and made it sound plausible at that. Now, working his imagination overtime, and with a large assist from Justinian's court historian, Procopius, Author Lamb offers the inside story of "the first notable man and wife of modern history...
...brooded about it hours later. Eisenhower and Taft were alone for five minutes in Taft's suite, came out together to face the TV cameras. Said Taft with a forced smile: "I want to congratulate General Eisenhower on his nomination and say I will do everything possible to assist him in his campaign and in his administration when he is elected President." Said Ike, more ill at ease than Taft: "I came over here to pay a call of friendship on a very great American. His readiness to cooperate in the campaign and afterwards is absolutely essential...
...tons of British brass (including Lieut. General Philip Neame and Major General Adrian Carton de Wiart). As the war went on, discipline was formalized-by Italian standards. For example, since none of the Italian garrison knew how to assemble a new machine gun, the British prisoners were asked to assist; the British obliged, thoughtfully omitting to install several vital parts. When the captives were taken on a picnic, the Italian officers and guards joined them for a swim, leaving a British general on shore to guard the clothes and the small arms...