Word: free
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first, the republic's Communist boss, lean, saturnine ex-Partisan Gildo Gasperoni, publicly decried the suggestion that San Marino become another Monte Carlo to lure money from free-spending capitalists. "This means the end of a tradition," he said with hands raised before his eyes. But in the end, Gasperoni and his Communists pushed the plan through...
...villages on the steep cliffs of Vitsi, Greek peasants, freed from Communist rule after four years, crossed themselves reverently and gave thanks to To Thavma Tis Panagheias (the Miracle of the Virgin), which they thanked for their liberation. U.S. officers predicted that summer's end would see Greece free of all organized guerrilla warfare. On the Vitsi front, Lieut. General James A. Van Fleet, head of the U.S. military mission, said: "This is the beginning...
...than any other country in Asia, still has no effective parliamentary machinery through which a healthy opposition can work. The Congress Party has power without purpose; led by a laborite (Nehru) and a conservative (Patel), it has avoided charting a clear economic course for India toward either socialism or free enterprise. Nehru last week declared that there would be no nationalization of ker industries for at least ten years; businessmen were far from reassured...
...miles to Britain, leaving twelve wives behind in his Accra palace. He landed at London Airport wearing red and green robes, a red hat spangled with jewels, and sandals whose soles were lined with silver. The Osu explained what had brought him to Britain: "I understand I can obtain free health treatment here. I think I will get a pair of spectacles...
Chief Bonne was right about the free treatment.* The illustrious patient promptly had his eyes examined, but he would have to wait about five months for his specs. One million three hundred thousand plain Britons were in the queue ahead...