Word: ceylonization
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...Ceylon, two nationalist M.P.s got up a petition asking the Queen not to visit that dominion on the ground that her visit would be too expensive. In the British Parliament, Bevanite and near-Bevan-ite Socialists were once again raising the cry that royalty was too costly ($1,700,000 a year) and too undemocratic. A Socialist scolded the Queen for maintaining a private enclosure for the horse races at Ascot; a Methodist minister scolded her for going to races at all ("They are full of racketeers"). The same outraged Methodist berated the Duke of Edinburgh for playing polo...
These well-traveled TIME readers are also a well-educated group: 81% are either college graduates or have had some college training. Many teachers mentioned the use of TIME in their classrooms. Wrote P. V. Rajan, assistant principal of a school in Ceylon: "Both my wife and I are delighted with the use of language in your magazine. I use it in my work as a teacher preparing students for university exams." Ferose Buchome of Pakistan, a concert pianist and co-founder-director of the Karachi Academy of Music, wrote: "Don't let me flatter you by saying...
Hail, Mother Ceylon, we worship Thee, Plenteous in prosperity Thou, Beauteous in grace and love, Laden with corn and luscious fruit And fragrant flowers of radiant hue . . . Receive our grateful praise sublime, Mother Ceylon, we worship Thee...
...British Empire's ties that bind loosened a little more last week. Ceylon, smallest of the dominions, decided not to fly the British Union Jack or to play God Save the Queen at official functions. Ceylonese have a flag of their own and their own Anthem, Namo Namo Matha (Hail, Hail, Mother...
...guards stationed in the lobby. She stamped her sharp heels and railed against being treated like a schoolgirl. Miss U.S.A. was actually Miss Runner-Up U.S.A., the real Miss U.S.A. being in another corner of the planet on business connected with a contest for Miss Universe of 1953. Miss Ceylon discomfited the contest director by proving, on arrival, to be Mrs. Ceylon. The director wouldn't even let Mr. Ceylon into the hotel. "If I broke the rule in her case," he explained, "I'd have to break the rule...