Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roman Catholic native bishops often descend from kings (or chiefs) of cruel ancient tribes. It was France and the other powers that freed the numerous slaves of these kings and chiefs. As the example of Ghana already shows, by gaining "independence" too soon, the natives often lose their individual liberties in a new theocratic dictatorial state, where politics is in the hands of the clergy and feudal families. In such a "clerical" state, democracy and human liberties-liberty of expression and of conscience-are bound to be in regression...
Brilliance & Bluntness. The Army insisted that Gavin's decision to retire was wholly his own. Said Army Secretary Wilber Brucker, who spent 30 minutes trying to dissuade him: "We cannot afford to lose one of our most brilliant officers, one of the most brilliant we ever had." Gavin, who will be eligible for retirement in March, explained with his customary bluntness: "I am getting out, frankly, because I feel I can do more for our country's defense effort out of uniform than in. I have spent 6½ years out of the past nine in the Pentagon...
...date equivalent for bomb-carrying planes, then our whole defense policy, our whole strategy, becomes meaningless unless we have these bases." Said Macmillan: "We have at least gained this-that we have such an even balance of power as makes war almost impossible. Do not let us lose this advantage. Therefore, in the plans proposed...we must see that this balance is preserved...
...This portable sewing machine features an automatic lubricator; for entertaining in the home you'll love using this Gallo rollcart. This Samsonite luggage is the first luggage made of magnesium." There was the "Underwood portable with the golden touch," HIS and HERS golf bags (Shirl: "I promise to lose"), "famous carpets from the looms of Mohawk," a poodle from a "famed" Peekskill kennel, then Keenan Wynn in a scene from Wagon Train. "Do I turn my back on the camera?" asked Actress Shirl incredulously as she mounted the "staircase" to toss her bouquet. It was caught...
...heretic, my dear sir," he wrote, "is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about." Or: "Marriage is, perhaps, the only game of chance ever invented at which it is possible for both players to lose." Against religiosity, he thrust: "Too many people presume that they are full of the grace of God when they're only bilious." When readers complained that he was too harsh, he had a ready riposte: "I have not yet mastered the esoteric of choking a bad dog to death with good butter...