Word: constitutionalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On to Freedom. Guinea was the only French African territory to vote no in September to De Gaulle's constitution. The French territories that voted yes are one by one declaring themselves republics, inside the French community. Following Madagascar, which made its choice in October, the French Sudan and...
Outgoing President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines lifted the ceremonial red-white-and-green sash of office from his shoulders, draped it on his successor, returned to his seat and retired from public life. López Mateos repeated the oath of office, which, in anticlerical Mexico, specifically excludes the usual "so...
¶ Embark on a program of nationalization of such industries as sulphur, using the clause in the constitution giving the state control over subsoil resources.
Protestant preachers in Italy have their work cut out for them. The Italian constitution of 1948 gives them the green light: "All persons have the right freely to profess their own religious faith in any individual or collective form, to proselytize on its behalf and to perform in private and...
The case in point was a crusty Pye ruling that prohibited news photographs and sound recordings not only in his courtroom and courthouse but on "adjacent sidewalks and public streets." Pye issued the order the day that State Revenue Commissioner T. V. Williams, charged with larceny after trust, came up...