Word: ja
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rabble-rouser nor neo-nationalist he seems, but a savior of Germany. They excuse his violent speeches. Often, they say, he will descend from a rostrum shaking his head and murmuring, "Well, I believe that I was again somewhat too sharp." His byword, they insist, is not nein, but ja, aber so nicht-which means "yes, but not this way." Schumacher himself professes to be hurt that the West misunderstands him so. Can't they see that his party is pure, and that the big Ruhr industrialists who once helped Hitler are the men behind Adenauer? He is convinced...
...says Colonel Charles Barnwell, the C.O., "is grammar. We don't burden the student with masses of rules and exceptions. Our big ambition is to make a man speak and understand." The speaking begins right in the first class. "Are you a student?" a Danish instructor will demand. "Ja, jeg er elev" [Yes, I am a student], the class must learn to answer. "Is he a student?" asks the instructor. "Ja, han er ogsaa." A class may consist of only one student, is never larger than eight. The men average 30 hours in class and 15 at outside study...
...wife after they get married, of belonging with them, of becoming a member of their wedding. Her desire to belong shows in many ways: she wants to change her name to F. Jasmine Addams (Jarvis and Janice are the couple--Frankie wants her name to begin with "Ja . ." also); she chooses a far too formal dress for the wedding; she tugs at her crew cut hair hoping to stretch it to a more glamorous length...
Germany's Russian-zone Communists this week staged one of the most successful Hitler-style ja elections in history. Citizens were free to vote either ja or nein to a single list of candidates. They were free to vote out in the open where Communist checkers could see them, or to go into a polling booth. Catch was that Communist election workers noted the names of all who used the polling booths. Fearing Communist reprisals, nearly all East Germans voted out in the open and voted ja...
...count went on, it became clear that Vargas was running well out in front. In a matter of hours, his supporters were milling through the crowd outside, deliriously yodeling: "Ja ganhou [He's already won]!" Others spread the news by gesture, first holding up the little finger (for Vargas, known for years as "The Little One"*), then showing the extended fingers (symbolizing Vargas' next five years as president...