Word: equality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church approaches the question of religious liberty from two points of view-one from principle, the other from expediency. As a matter of principle it holds: 'It is not lawful for the State ... to hold in equal favor different kinds of religion.' It is opposed to the separation of Church and State. It insists that where Roman Catholics are in the majority, the State should further that faith and restrict other faiths from criticism, missionary activities, deny them exemption from taxation, in a word, to restrict their liberties. ... Now on the basis of expediency...
...practical value of bulk buying as a trade weapon. Now smaller cotton-producing countries may be forced to buy British goods before Britain will buy their cotton. Even the U.S. may be forced to centralize cotton selling in a single governmental agency, to deal with the British on equal terms...
...little-known, proud, self-secluded man who was not only one of England's finest lyric poets, but also one of the three or four great classical scholars of our time. His scholarly notes, reviews, letters and conversation contained a deftness of wit which Pope could hardly equal, and blasts of virulence which Swift could hardly surpass. But the anniversary chiefly celebrates Housman's poetry. Why has it been so much loved, by so many; and how, after 50 years, does it stand...
York Times, cabled home a hot discovery from "Somewhere in the South of France" -a discovery "not quite equal to that of the atomic bomb, yet [of] special significance for all civilized humanity. . . ." His discovery: "just about the best restaurant in a muddled world." He excitedly reported "a foie gras such as I have not tasted since Hitler attacked Poland, an omelette Perigoitrdine not to be found anywhere else in Europe, a brochette de rognons that would knock Monsieur Brillat-Sava-rin's eye out. . . ." He kept the location secret, said he, because "officially speaking, it is not correct...
Freedom for Oil. With the oil industry he made an uneasy peace by promising to suspend price ceilings soon on all petroleum products. As oilmen have vociferously pointed out, the supply of most petroleum products is now equal to demand. The only shortage is fuel oil, and the coming of warm weather should ease that...