Word: belongings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fuss kept up until Kuehn finally called a press conference to reject the backing of the Birch Society "as it exists under Robert Welch," its ex-fudgemaker founder. But, said Kuehn, he would still accept the support of any individual voter, "regardless of what secret society he may belong to." He concluded: "I will not say to honest and dedicated individuals who fear and apparently are trying to combat Communism, that I repudiate them solely because they belong to a controversial organization...
...times; I have marched down. God willing, if I am alive long enough. I suppose I will march up the hill again and march back down again. But when I reach the bottom of the hill, I will still be looking at the summit to see where I rightfully belong . . . One becomes weary in welldoing. The fire bell rang at 2 o'clock in the morning, 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock, midnight and 10 o'clock. While I was trying to woo Morpheus, suddenly that awful clang occurred, and I thought. "Goodness, who wants...
Shostakovich said that he was an admirer of the earlier works of that old Russian revolutionary Igor Stravinsky, who will visit Moscow this month: "I like his Petrouchka, Rite of Spring, the symphonies, and all the ballets except the last. His latest works do not seem to belong to him." As for his own works in progress, to which Shostakovich would they belong? The composer gave a hint when he announced that he is about to begin his 14th Symphony (the 13th is all but complete). It will be dedicated to Soviet achievements in space...
There had been the moment when Ravello's mayor presented Jackie with a parchment scroll making her an honorary citizen. Speaking in slightly imperfect Italian, she said: "I am very happy that the only place to which I belong outside my own country is Ravello, a beautiful city in one of the countries I love most-where people are so noble and gentle, and where my daughter and I have passed days of peace and happiness." There was a reception afterward, the band played a specially composed march, Jacqueliniana and the Marine Corps Hymn-the leader, for some reason...
...also the week when Fidel Castro finally disabused his people of an old promise. When he came to power three years ago, Castro bragged that his land-reform program would rest on two principles: "The land should belong to those who work it," and "Those who have no land must have some." As a starter, he divided 13% (more than 3,000,000 acres) of Cuba's total farmland into 630 cooperative farms. Fortnight ago, Castro conceded that the land distribution to peasants had been a flop, partly because it encouraged too much private initiative...