Word: forbidden
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the government of Israel worked out a system of meat rationing, no one thought it odd to find pork on a restricted list reserved for diplomatic missions and Christian residents. Most Israeli Jews, whether orthodox in religion or not, prefer kosher meat to the traditionally forbidden flesh of pigs. As the food situation grew worse, however, the supplies of kosher meat ran low, and the government did not have the foreign exchange to import all it needed. Three months ago, in a desperate effort to maintain Israelis' fortnightly meat ration, the government allocated some locally grown pork...
...Forbidden Games. A small French masterpiece that looks at a grownup's warring world through the realistic eyes of a child (TIME...
...armed forces in name only. The Secretary of Defense, said Lovett, should be clearly designated as the nation's deputy commander in chief. His authority over the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be sharply established by law. He should eventually get his own staff of military advisers (now forbidden by law), and all unified commands in the field should report to him rather than to the Joint Chiefs...
Metropolitan Opera Soprano Helen Traubel arrived in Manila knowing full well that mangoes give her hives, but nevertheless indulged in the tempting forbidden fruit. Result: a severe rash which closed both eyes for two days and forced the postponement of a scheduled concert at Bacolod City...
...Forbidden Games. A small French masterpiece that looks at a grownup's warring world through the realistic eyes of a child (TIME...