Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Departing for a European vacation, Manhattan's District Attorney Frank S. Hogan said: "Anyone who commits a crime while I'm away is an ill-mannered person...
There are, for instance, 3,150 books on various aspects of European, Asiatic and African history, 900 volumes on labor, 2,900 on economics, 450 on medicine, some children's books (Mother Goose, Alice In Wonderland, etc.), and 14 cook books of English, French, German, Chinese and Armenian recipes. They are useful, among other things, for satisfying our editors' curiosity about such matters as these (taken from a recent week's morgue queries...
...stopped payments on U.S. investments. Strict regulations worked against U.S. capital and business in Argentina. Last June the U.S. contributed a crusher: EGA hinted that unless Argentina stopped gouging its customers, EGA would buy no Argentine wheat or beef-in other words, Argentina would get no dollars through European financing...
...training with an honor system and soft beds. If they pass they become medical, veterinary and agricultural assistants or tribal chiefs, and are deemed eligible to look after the Bahutu, the Batwas and the long-horned cattle. The Trusteeship Council, however, thought that more natives should be sent to European universities and the people given a vote. The Belgian report to the U.N. got rather personal at one point in its 382-page, statistics-laden report. It said: "The private life of the Mwami [King] of Urundi left something to be desired when he paid visits to Usumbura [the capital...
...best half-educated country in the world. But happily, the American people are fond of learning. Their curiosity and interest compel them to study beyond their time of childhood. These polite, happy people-almost infantile in their simplicity and sincerity-are assimilating little by little the whole of European civilization...