Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like to think in terms of world responsibility." He was loud in his praise for Arthur Vandenberg, "a great American statesman, in recent years." Said Stassen: "I find I am more in accord with Vandenberg on both foreign and domestic issues than I am with any other Republican leader...
...household chanted their leader's favorite Hindu song: "Dress yourself in rich attire, befitting the occasion, because you are now to go to your beloved's haven. You will have to lie on the bare earth, cover yourself with dust and ultimately become one with the dust. Have your bath and dress properly. Remember you are not to come back from where you are going...
...weeks, Jésus Menéndez, No. 2 Cuban Communist and leader of the Sugar Workers' Federation, had been touring the eastern end of the island, stirring up the workers. He was a little tired when he took the train at Yara one day last week. His next stop would be the busy sugar port of Manzanillo, where there was to be a big rally...
...train left Yara, Captain Joaquin Casillas of the Guardia Rural (part of the Cuban Army charged with keeping law and order in rural areas) boarded with a squad and looked up Menéndez. The young (36) Communist leader was told that he could not hold his meeting and would be arrested if he tried. Menéndez replied that, as a member of the Cuban House of Representatives, he had congressional immunity. By the time the train reached Manzanillo the two men were in heated argument. Suddenly, as they alighted, Captain Casillas whipped out his automatic and fired three...
Only 48 hours earlier, William Lyon Mackenzie King had stood before the National Liberal Federation in Ottawa and announced his long-awaited retirement (TIME, March 31). Party leader since 1919, and Prime Minister for two decades, Mackenzie King told his audience that he felt the weight of his 73 years. He asked the federation to call a national Liberal convention (probably in August) to choose his successor...