Word: display
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meeting in emergency session, the Greek Orthodox Church's Holy Synod cabled appeals to churches throughout the world, including its "sister church of Russia," which it called on to "display its traditionally strong protection, and use every power and influence" to end Makarios' exile. A general strike paralyzed Cyprus, while British paratroopers broke up small demonstrations with tear...
...display of marriage certificates ended the argument, but not the trouble. William, hearing the commotion, bolted out the back way, but was caught and brought back by son George-the George from Chorlton, that is. Last week William was in Manchester's Strangeways Prison, beginning an 18-month term for bigamy. "I hope you're satisfied," he told the women who had brought his dreams crashing...
...longer talks of hanging. He is now intent on winning more moderate Frenchmen who are disgusted with the regime but dismayed by violent methods. He wants to live down the nickname hung on him in the campaign: "Poujadplf." Cagily, Poujade refused to join patriotic groups in a display in support of the Algiers demonstrations against Premier Guy Mollet. "They wanted Poujade to march on the Champs Elysées so that they could provoke the crowd and smash a few faces. The next morning every newspaper in France would be screaming, 'Poujade, fascist...
Having spent an hour a day for the past five years at her voice training, Jenny is perfectly willing to move on slowly. Her biggest problem now is to find music to display her voice in public, for most composers have long helped to keep the corset strings tight by writing music to fit the man-imposed limitation on man's voice. Mozart composed killing coloratura arias for his high-singing sisters-in-law, Josepha and Aloysia Weber; Giuseppe Colla supplied music for his wife-to-be, Agujari; Moises Vivanco supplies it .for his wife Yma Sumac. Jennifer Johnson...
...International Topical Stamp Exhibition in Bombay, judges pored over the entries, declared New York's Francis Cardinal Spellman the winner. Title of Philatelist Spellman's picturesque display: "America the Beautiful...