Word: elective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's Plan. Lord Ammon's solution would keep Newfoundland a British dependency. He did not think the island ready for self-government again, proposed instead: 1) Newfoundlanders be allowed to elect three members of the six-man commission now ruling the country; 2) substantial grants by Britain to put the country on its feet; 3) a ten-year plan to build up neglected social services and to develop resources...
...surprised some. We picked him because that year he had "carried his country into brilliant focus before a pop-eyed world." He was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, Power of Trinity I, King of Kings, Elect of God, Light of the World, Conquering Lion of Judah. Man of 1936 was a woman-Wallis Warfield Simpson-and 1937's choice was a couple: Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kaishek...
...Decided, during a luncheon with Vice President-Elect Harry Truman, to wear a business suit rather than formal attire at his fourth inauguration...
...midst of war, the U.S. people took time out to elect a President. Franklin Roosevelt's claim as Man of the Year was mainly that he won a fourth term. But the President had already broken the precedent with his third term. And this time he won through by the narrowest margin of any election since...
...African conquests in the 1930s, the Roman Catholic Church sent a host of missionaries swarming into Ethiopia. Their aim: to "reclaim" for the Catholic faith the five million members of Ethiopia's ancient Christian Coptic Church. Since then Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God and Emperor of Ethiopia, has taken a very dim view of missionaries in general, Catholic missionaries in particular...