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Word: castee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hereafter, each name would be listed only one way in the phone book. But which way? That was left up to Calcutta University (which already standardizes its students' names). A faculty board found that the high-caste ancestors of present-day Mukerjees, etc., had all been imported from Benares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: E Pluribus | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

They add that enlistment would speed up if the army revised its court-martial procedure and modified the officer-caste system.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 83 Educators Hit Draft, UMT Plans | 5/20/1948 | See Source »

"Our doctrine is of peace, of labor, of rational brotherhood and the welfare of all without caste, race or privilege. The only privilege is for the child whom we must shape into a man, not a beast. . . . This is the revolutionary doctrine. From this day forward we will teach it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Know Less, Feel More | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

Both Black & Brown. The black rats (Rattus rattus rattus) of ancient history invaded the granaries of Egypt, afflicted the Hebrews with plague, and are reported to have stimulated the Romans to import snakes to kill them. They reached England during the reign of the House of Hanover, and were therefore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to Outlive the Human Race | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

Said he: "Somewhere along the line I've gained the reputation of hating officers. I don't. Some of my best friends are officers. But the assumption that officers are gentlemen and enlisted men are peas ants is a hangover from the Middle Ages. The caste system makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Officers Keep Out | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

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