Word: customs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bavarian custom, a victory for a centuries-long tradition of Catholic, monarchical conservatism. U.S. officials had seen it coming, and tried to duck. On the eve of the election they had banned Christian Social Union leader Friedrich Schaeffer from voting or holding party membership, denounced him as a "Nazi sympathizer...
...custom began in Chile: there, at Army musters, a chosen soldier answers "here!" to the name of O'Higgins.* a brave & bygone hero of the republic. That seemed like a good idea to Texas A & M- which furnished more Army officers in World Wars I and II than did West Point...
...been informed that a joint commission in Harbin is even now discussing the future of Fushun. Until they reach a decision, the Combine continues to belong to the Sino-Soviet Changchun Railroad. Surely we do not intend just to sit around and drink tea. Maybe it is a Chinese custom to drink tea in the office, but it is not a Soviet...
Greenwich Time. Ships visiting London used to send their chronometers to Greenwich to be set by telescopic observation of the stars. After 1833, their officers watched a 5-ft. ball on a pole above Sir Christopher's building. When it dropped, the "Greenwich time" was 1 p.m. The custom led, in 1884, to an international agreement fixing the meridian of Greenwich as "zero longitude." The maps of the world still use this north-and-south line as a starting point. The world's clocks are still set by reference to its time...
...your issue of March 18, you refer to Mr. Winston Churchill as follows: "According to his custom, before dinner he rapidly downed five Scotch highballs." Also: "His valet slipped him a slug of brandy to reinforce him." You are probably right, but I am reminded of a legend about President Lincoln during the War between the States. When some character was complaining to President Lincoln about the Northern General Grant's proclivities for whiskey, Lincoln is said to have remarked that he would find out the brand of whiskey that General Grant used and send a barrel...