Search Details

Word: castee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Still another great yeast cake of dissension were India's 60,000,000 Untouchables (peoples of the lowest caste), whose chief political spokesman was Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. He distrusted Congress ambitions, since they would lead to Hindu majority Governments which might sustain caste discrimination.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: How Much Longer? | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, one of the last members of Hawaiian royalty, offered her sprawling villa near Honolulu to the U.S.O. as a rest home and recreation center. Hawaii's Republican National Committeewoman for 12 years, she is the mother of ex-playboy Prince David, given a ten-year manslaughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Bundles for Brownie | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

It is a good story. The dog was killed too soon, and the children criminally deceived. This brings an intense crisis to 1) the parents, engaged in a cold battle for Emily's affections; 2) the half-caste veterinarian, who killed the dog against his better judgment; 3) a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Omelet | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

Not long afterwards he was banished from Venezuela, for the first of four times. From his exile in New Granada (now Colombia) he determined to reliberate his native land. Around Christmas of 1812 he led some 200 "half-caste Negroes and Indios" down the Magdalena River. Their first success gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: El Libertador | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

Shall such unity be brought about by a new feudal order with '"Jewish scapegoats, Slavic pariahs and Negro 'subhumans' . . . at the bottom" and "a militant caste of Samurai and Teutonic Knights ... at the top for all to obey?" Or (a doctrinaire never offers more than two choices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Variations by Schuman | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

Previous | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Next