Word: centeredness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Self-Centered. In Canberra, Australia, the Customs and Excise Department, censor on all printed matter brought into the country, banned its own staff magazine when it had the cheek to run an article declaring that the agency was at its "lowest ebb."
Major problems discussed centered around African sex and marriage customs such as the importance of the "bride-price" and the practice of female circumcision Some delegates advised against moving too fast in eliminating either, on grounds that to most Africans the bride price is the most tangible token of a...
Nevertheless, the bill is hotly opposed by many businessmen. The National Association of Manufacturers notes that scandals have centered in labor and jointly controlled welfare funds, insists that trusteed company pension plans should be left alone. The American Bankers Association feels that federal regulation of all pension plans is unnecessary...
Said Vice President Richard Nixon to the budget-centered National Association of Manufacturers in Manhattan: "The lowest taxes, the highest profits, the best wages in history won't make any difference if we're not around to enjoy them. This means that substantial amounts will have to be...
But on its own self-governing terms, the play is vivid and often impressive. And unlike the book, it is not rampantly autobiographical, not literally self-centered. The Eugene Gant who is Thomas Wolfe, imprisoned though he may feel, impassioned though he may grow, is less the protagonist, more just...