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Word: countrymen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thought the award might "well have been made much earlier." The Communist Ny Dag sneered: "This is a clear case of sidetracking Eisenhower . . . They say he, too, has written a book." But Sir Winston's friends paid him honor. "Historian laureate," said the New York Herald Tribune. "His countrymen can share in his pride," said the Times of London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AWARDS: Particularly Proud | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...year later, George II died, leaving his bleeding country and its battered crown to Paul and Frederika. Greece was all but bankrupt, and much of it was reduced to rubble. Aided and supplied from outside, Greek Communists were fighting-and winning-a bloody guerrilla war against their fellow countrymen. The future of Greece's throne offered at best a long-shot gamble, but with the fervor and thoroughness of a born politico, Frederika set to work canvassing her constituents and winning them over to her side. During the first years of Paul's reign, scarcely a square mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: The King's Wife | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...chancellors must always sound warnings. To make Britain safe, said Butler, its people must 1) earn more from exports, 2) dig more coal, 3) recover their ancient spirit of economic adventure. To his countrymen, Butler recommended his own credo: "Do not be elated, never be depressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Out of the Shadow | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Reaching Sanare, the throng poured into the sports stadium. There stood a wonderful brute of a tractor, aflutter with flags and painted a fire-engine red. The timid countrymen hung back, black eyes shining-although as members of the Friends of Sanare Society, they were all part-owners of the tractor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENEZUELA: A Tractor for Sanare | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

...three-century capsule history of violin music this year, so it was only fitting that Italy, home of the violin, should send Gioconda de Vito, along with the string-strong Rome Symphony Orchestra, the Virtuosi di Roma, and Conductors Vittorio Gui and Fernando Previtali.* De Vito and her countrymen have been among the hits of the festival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Europe's Finest | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

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