Word: citizen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...People," said the President, "are made in the image of God. They are divinely endowed with aspirations and talents. Their political organizations must reflect this truth. Therefore, the Republican Party must be inspired by a concern for the rights of every citizen . . . Under God, we espouse the cause of freedom and justice and peace for all peoples. The peace we seek will be the product of understanding and agreement and law among nations...
...week 4,700 Berliners wrote to Berlin's Tagesspiegel (2,000 pro v. 2,700 con) before Le Corbu agreed to raise living-room ceilings to 8 ft. 2 in., but testily kept bedrooms as they were. ¶ From the U.S., former German Bauhaus Leader (now a U.S. citizen) Walter Gropius sent plans for a curved-front, eight-story apartment house. Set on stilts, the building will be constructed of white concrete and white enameled metal. ¶ From Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer submitted a toned-down version of his usually flamboyant tropical style. His plan, approved last week, won acclaim...
...across the tensest frontier in the world. Nine Jews were killed, more than 50 were injured in some 30 reported attacks. The raiders, mainly Palestinian Arabs recruited from the Gaza border camps (and not technically in the Egyptian army), struck hardest in the coastal plain, always at night. No citizen of the tiny republic was safe from the "Nights of Horror," as Cairo's newspaper Al Akh-bar jubilantly headlined the raids, and never was a U.S. diplomat's remark more terrifyingly apt: "Every Israeli sleeps within 20 miles of an Arab knife...
...generally aware that output will be consistently higher in bright, well-run communities where employees are proud to live and work. Civic leaders, for their part, find that industry not only brings in new payrolls and tax revenue but good neighbors as well. Today's company town citizen owes responsibility to his community and his job. But the company holds no mortgage on his soul...
...emphasize again that I make no claim for the exclusive truth of this approach. Yet it seems to me especially useful for the light it throws on the problems and frustrations of the intelligent citizen in contemporary politics, whether he is a Democrat or a Republican and whether he considers himself a liberal or a conservative...