Word: feudally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...English society--and universities in particular--are inexplicable without reference to their feudal past," declared Albert Halsey, Lecturer on Sociology, University of Birmingham, England...
Speaking on "English Higher Education" at the final Thursday afternoon lecture last week, Halsey said that, like the feudal croplands, the English undergraduate sows during his first year, lies fallow the second and plows in the last...
...Hungarian revolt-that the strikers and students were being misled by agents provocateurs. The Communist weekly tabloid Blitz haltingly explained away police bru tality in Kerala by claiming that the police were "trained in a tradition of unbridled repression, of which Communists were the main target during the former feudal rule," and had not got over their old ways. The Central Secretariat of the Communist Party issued a 1,200-word resolution which concluded that the shooting down of the strikers at Quilon was "an unfortunate incident," and hinted that if things worsened, there would be a demand for Communist...
Flood Tide. For a long time the West was divided and confused in its response to Nasser. It recognized justice in Arab resentment against past foreign domination; it felt sheepish about some of its Arab allies (though few are as feudal as Nasser's partner, the Imam of Yemen, and Nasser himself has yet to allow democracy). The West has incurred Arab hate by its Israeli policy. It also acknowledged Nasser's genuine popularity, and hesitated to risk a showdown. With Iraq's abrupt fall, there was no longer a peaceful balance of tensions in the Middle...
Lobo watches over his holdings like a benign feudal baron, keeps on the good side of his workers. He provides them with houses, schools and churches, goes into the fields to talk with them, personally accepts petitions and complaints on the porches of his many homes, which adjoin his mills. He can also get tough. Lone Wolf Lobo has long conducted a single-handed battle against government controls and quotas. With the backing of most rival sugarmen, the Cuban government keeps tight control on the industry to curb overproduction and bolster prices. It also cooperates with the sugar workers...