Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...against the government. Poles of all political shadings, including Communists, agree that it was Wyszynski's moral force and political skill that kept Poland quiet and Russia's tanks out. For this Wyszynski, once criticized for his willingness to compromise, is now an undisputed hero to his countrymen...
Minister of Internal Affairs. In Madison, Wis., Dr. Leonard W. Moss of Wayne University told the Anthropological Society that men in the Italian town of Bagnoli del Trigno, after listening to the adventures of countrymen returning from working in the U.S., now call their wives "La Bossa...
...satirical; largely, I presume--I often observe it to my dismay and confess it to my shame--because I still have much too soft a corner for the old land. For all I know I may still be a besotted romantic! Some day I may manage to dislike my countrymen sufficiently to satirize them; but I gravely doubt it--curse them...
...more forthrightly than Washington had expected, considering Saud's formal adherence to Egyptian Dictator Gamal-Abdel Nasser's policy of "positive neutrality." Last week Dick Richards convinced Emperor Haile Selassie that the Eisenhower Doctrine did not mean interference in Ethiopian affairs-and impressed the Emperor's countrymen, who soon dubbed Richards "the spry...
...unblushing defense of India's annexation of most of Kashmir, 59-year-old Krishna Menon severely damaged India's cherished reputation for morality in international affairs. But he won an asset he had previously^ lacked - popularity with his countrymen. The Indian press promptly dubbed him "The Hero of Kashmir," and movies of his dramatic collapse played to packed houses all over India. In his subsequent campaign for a seat in the House of the People-his first try for elective office in India-Menon won a handsome majority. By last week Indian politicians who once publicly scorned Menon...