Word: happening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...possibly possible that the world will let the South African Nationalist government behave the way it does? They seem to ask for a repeat of the happenings in other colonies and ex-colonies like Israel and Morocco. What is the good of a United Nations if these things are allowed to happen...
Controlling Nature. Walking through the dry and sunny air, he asks himself questions: 1) Which animal first emerged from the earth into the air? 2) How does it happen that many of the weeds...
...part, Turkey, which ruled Cyprus for 307 years, was not one to stand "idly by while the island, 40 miles from its own coast, was handed to a country 13 times more distant. The Turks were fearful of what might happen to the Turkish minority (about 100,000) if Cyprus came under Greek rule. Last week Turkey's Prime Minister Adnan Menderes promised them protection, and Minister of State Fatin Rustu Zorlu declared, "If there is to be any change . . . sovereignty over the island should revert to Turkey...
...father usually talked about the Bible." As in Marjorie Morgenstern's home, the menu was always gefilte fish,* chicken noodle soup, roast chicken, stewed prunes, tea and sponge cake. Those evenings, says Wouk, made for "an island of normalcy. Home seemed to be the place where everything happened as it should happen...
Public demand for flood insurance quickly crests and drops off, most companies find. "Wait six months," said a Boston insurance man. "Even those who suffered losses will begin to feel that it could never happen to them again." Nonetheless, many Northeastern businessmen and politicians are talking about Government-backed insurance as the only solution...