Word: generalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rented stone bungalow. He wears yellow velvet gloves, talks more on the long-distance telephone than anyone else in the republic. From the Convent of St. Francis, Maxim has been seen slipping into the Communist casino's back door. A black-bearded monk summed up the general suspicion. "Here in San Marino," he said, "there exists Bolshevism in yellow velvet gloves, but still Bolshevism. It is directed by Maximo Maxim...
...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...
India celebrated the anniversary of independence by announcing new and stricter austerity measures. India is still basically a hungry land; the government has launched a drive to raise more food. To highlight the food drive, plows ripped through New Delhi's viceregal golf course. Governor General Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, no golfer himself, posed behind a team of bullocks...
...calling card gave the visitor's home address as Rolyat Castle, Accra, on West Africa's Gold Coast; his phone numbers, 337 and 406. He was Nii Kwabena Bonne III, Osu (chief) of Alata Manche, Oyoko-hene (headman) of Techeman, and general president of the Ga Football Association (Alata Manche, Techeman and Ga are states on West Africa's Gold Coast). Last week the Osu flew some 3,000 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...
Canada's bid for first place in North American jet transportation began in mid-1946 when the Jetliner plans were inked onto drawing boards. Avro's general manager, Walter N. Deisher, a U.S.-born naturalized Canadian and ex-barnstorming pilot, set his men to work. What they gave him was a 60,000-lb., 822-ft.-long craft with a wing span...