Word: belongings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Elizabeth herself spoke over the radio to the Empire: "... I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have the strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me; as I now invite you to do. I know that your support will be unfailingly given. God help me to make good my vow. And God bless all of you who are willing to share...
...reactionary. This hardly appeals to a Swede. But he will likely find a credit account in heaven for the magnificence of his achievements." In Paris, the Socialists were harder on him. Said Pierre Mignot, a biology teacher: "His Taylor* system marks the beginning of modern slavery." Paris youngsters (who belong to the jeep, not the tin-Lizzie era) did not even know his name, and many an oldster shuddered at it. Said grey-haired Gaston, headwaiter at Lavrue's: " Voyez-vous, Monsieur Ford gave us speed. In the old days, Parisians drove their four-in-hands around the boulevards...
...know that my retirement will make no difference in its cardinal principles; that it will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare; never be satisfied with merely printing news; always be drastically independent; never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty...
...design, the University's $6000 allocation to each House for permanent physical improvements nevertheless represents a concrete step toward conquering the epithet of "glorified dormitories." The stated purpose of the expenditure is to "improve the livability" of the Houses and make men residing in them feel that they belong to an institution of educational fellowship--with more to offer than room and board. While few harbor delusions about the extent to which a $42,000 outlay can revitalize the House Plan, this is at the same time a definite opportunity which must be capitalized...
With this work I do not address myself to strangers, but to those adherents of the movement who belong to it with their hearts. . . . The basic elements of a doctrine must be set down in permanent form...