Word: charter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...followed by a supernatural Kingdom of God. Since it did not, Schweitzer reasoned, Jesus must have been capable of error. Schweitzer advised liberal Protestantism to discard the infallible "Christ personality of dogma"-without discarding the Christ of the Sermon on the Mount, which he hailed as the charter of a great ethical faith...
...Francisco Conference, held that the time is growing short in which to prevent another war, and that this can be done only by abolishing the concept of sovereign nations. His arguments paralleled those set forth by the recent Rollins College Conference, which proposed amending the United Nations Charter to create a world government...
...must stay strong. It is "imperative," he said, that the draft act be extended. "Should the occasion arise, our military strength will be used to support the purposes and principles of the [UNO] Charter...
UNRRA's charter expires at year's end, except in China, where it continues through March 1947. Perhaps the gravest of all issues facing UNRRA was the question of its extension beyond the appointed deadline. The Atlantic City conference would not decide the point, but UNRRA officials were acutely conscious of it. Caustic critics clamored for its demise; but whatever UNRRA's faults, it was clear that some agency was needed to carry out its functions. By the time the green turns into yellow, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Rumania should be able to produce most of their...
...their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shall be . . . the supreme consideration." From the Gettysburg Address: the Government's "authority . . . is derived from the people," its "powers are exercised by representatives of the people," its "benefits are enjoyed by the people." From the Atlantic Charter: "We recognize . . . that all peoples have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want...