Word: communalized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simple fight of good against evil, white against black. The encampment of underprivileged families was run by vicious criminals of their own race. When he tried to hinder them, they burned down the chapel made of sacking that he served. When their leaders left with the communal funds, he paid outstanding wages from his savings. The South African government gave him a suspended sentence for living in an area scheduled for non-Europeans...
...floor of Manchester's Eagle Hotel was jammed and seething. Coats & hats were piled on the twin beds, and people were perching cheerfully on top of the coats & hats. Others helped themselves to the open bottles of Scotch, bourbon and rye on the dresser, or dug into the communal paper buckets of chop suey, chicken and egg rolls on the table. Looming above the pandemonium, with the air of a prophet who has just been slugged by a vigorous vision, was Candidate Estes Kefauver. He moved slowly through the throng, sipping a Scotch highball, dropping an affectionate long...
...Author Hawkes, the "center of gravity of a people in any age" can be found in the way they build. "Neolithic communities hauled megalithic blocks to their communal tombs, Bronze Age men did the same for their temples, the Iron Age Celts amassed materials for their tribal strongholds . . . medieval society sweated for its churches . . . The Victorians moved unprecedented masses of stone for town halls, exchanges . . . factories, and docks...
Jawaharlal Nehru thought he knew where India's dragon lay, and went off to slay him. "Communalism," he declared, "is India's greatest enemy. In the north, this communal poison has created hatred between Hindus and Sikhs. In the south, it has created antagonism between Brahmins and non-Brahmins . . . Unless we wipe out these communal parties, India will go to pieces...
...Israelis insist that their army is confined to its side of the border, is constantly harassed by Arab infiltrators intent on stealing food and construction materials, smuggling or visiting friends inside Israel. In communal settlements near the borders, Israelis play searchlights along their protective fences from dusk to dawn. The Israel government said last week that in the final three months of 1951, the war between infiltrating Arabs and Israeli border guards had cost the lives of 130 Arabs and 18 Israelis; 782 Arabs were captured. Thefts and damage committed by infiltrators in 1951 cost Israelis more than...