Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this reader as rather strange that only in the company of multimillionaire corporation presidents and other assorted big shots can Ike find the necessary atmosphere for relaxation. Surely there are lesser citizens who would avoid discussing government crises. The implication is plain: Ike is afflicted with that all too common disease of successful men-snobbery...
...arrived in Abakaliki, arrested Chief Obo-do for stealing a cow. The chief burst out laughing, cried: "Who owns all the people and all they own? Answer me!" But Obo-do was dragged off to jail and additionally charged with the murder of his wife. Last week, like any common criminal, Chief Obodo and four accomplices were hanged in Enugu prison after their appeal from the guilty verdict had been denied by the Privy Council of Eastern Nigeria. At least, that is what the villagers of Abakaliki have been told. None of them are prepared to believe that the majestic...
...most common topics of conversation on state visits to Washington-Communism and credit-will not have their usual urgency when Lemus comes to town. The planter-army oligarchy that runs El Salvador makes certain that no leftist ideologies nourish. Sound money policies and a balanced budget keep the currency stable at 2½ colons to the dollar. But Lemus will try to stir up investor interest, both governmental and private...
...irreproachably scientific, wheedling is not easy. Every set of outward-bound scholars wants free cameras, sleeping bags, Aqua-Lungs and cars. One persuasive undergraduate was able to separate two Land Rovers some years ago from the firm that makes the rugged, cross-country cars, but lesser gifts are more common. Toilet paper, for some reason, is showered on expeditions, and not long ago a Cambridge expedition received several cases of highly negotiable whisky...
...Peptic ulcer is common among the illiterate people of India, who are not bothered by decision making, clock watching, jangling telephones or traffic jams...