Word: maintainence
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history of the church has been bound by such rigid rules of secrecy. Author of the rules was the late Pope Pius XII himself; in his 1945 constitution, most recent of only 29 papal decrees in almost 1,000 years on conclave procedure, he ordered that the cardinals maintain absolute secrecy not only during the conclave, as heretofore, but afterwards as well. Pius XII banned from the conclave all "telegraph instruments, telephones, microphones, radios, cameras, and other such." He also tightened the balloting procedure. Ballots must now be burned at once, and not only are the ballots unsigned but cardinals...
Monty was one of nine children of an Anglican bishop, and he learned early that mamma gave daddy 10s. a week with which to maintain his prestige. On the evidence of his Memoirs, it would seem that Montgomery never allowed himself much more. Having received the surrender of German forces at the end of World War II, he received the envoy of Marshal Rokossovsky, who wished to know his tastes before giving him a post-victory lunch? Which wines did he prefer? Montgomery was addicted to water. Cigars? He did not smoke. The Russian murmured that they had some women...
Heavy balloting was expected despite rebel calls for a boycott. The rebels have warned all who vote that they are risking their lives. The government alerted the nation's armed forces to guard the polls and maintain order...
...cheerleaders maintain that they were not told in advance that anything was wrong with their organization. "We feel that we should have been allowed to finish the season and then train a new squad," said Alfred Arkley '59. "We have been misrepresented, mistreated by an unjust and dictatorial action...
...United States countered in Washington with an announcement that unless the Russians carry out another nuclear weapons test, the United States will maintain its own ban for one year beginning Friday. Both Britain and the United States said the talks with the Russians will...