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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have given him more than Arabic nicknames. He seems to have acquired the Mohammedan practice of fingering the Tasbih. The Tasbih could be called the Mohammedan Rosary. Composed of 33, 66 or 99 beads, it is used by the faithful in the repetition of the 99 names which express the attributes of Allah. These beads are generally fingered during meditation and moments of stress...
...Nazis into Syria, she went beyond the armistice conditions. She went beyond them again when she let the Japanese move into Indo-China. With a long-suffering air of this-has-gone-far-enough, the State Department last week announced: "The French Government has acquiesced to the express demand of Hitler to remove General Weygand . . . [therefore] American policy toward France is being reviewed and all plans for economic assistance to French North Africa are suspended...
...technique this weekend: the pamphlet, We're in the Army Now, which has already earned praise for its dramatic yet factual approach; the living newspaper play, in which students, employees and residents of Poughkeepsic cooperated to present a picture of army life; the informal and varied panel discussions. We express our genuine delight at the large turnout which was Vassar's answer to each session's challenge...
...indictment is based upon Section 6, Chapter 18 of the United States code, making seditious conspiracy a felony. It was written in 1861 for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion of the South. The other part is based on the recently passed Smith Act which makes it illegal to express an opinion concerning the propriety of overthrowing the United States Government...
Through the light snowfall, he saw the Pennsylvanian's headlight coming toward him at some 70 miles an hour. Suddenly, from a passing freight train, a half-ton cylinder head was blown from the locomotive, landed squarely on the track before the oncoming express. From his tower Schwartzkopf saw the Pennsylvanian's headlight weaving and rocking. The locomotive left the rails, skidded on its side 200 feet to crash into the control tower...