Word: making
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...already the villagers had a scheme in mind to spend it so that all the citizens of resurrected Warren might benefit. They would turn it to furniture for a public building. Cabinetmaker Groot Landeweer thought a sturdy oak chair carved with Borculo's coat of arms would make a good item. Parchmentmaker Nathan Elzas put aside a particularly fine calfskin. That, he was certain, could be turned into several lampshades that would be just right for Warren...
...House. Joseph Mindszenty comes from fighters' country-the low, rolling Dunantul, on the western bank of the Danube, the rampart where for 150 years Hungarians fought the Turkish invaders from the East. He was born (1892) in the village of Csehimindszenty, the son of Janos Pehm. The Communists make much of the fact that the Pehms are of German origin although they have lived in Hungary for three centuries. Janos Pehm was a peasant. He was also mayor of the village, a bold, devout man who perpetually rebelled against the county's landlords and petty potentates. Says...
...presiding judge asked: "Did anyone force you to make your confession?" Mindszenty answered: "No." The judge then mentioned the letter which Mindszenty had written before his arrest, repudiating any confession he might make. Said the cardinal: "I want to state that I see things differently now. I want to repeat-I regret my error. I want the letter to be considered null and void...
...several presidential "elections," but this was the first in which an opposition candidate was permitted. Once a seminarist slated for the priesthood, later a university economist, devout, self-effacing Dictator Salazar believes the masses incapable of governing themselves. Every now & then he lets the opposition show its head, to make a show of "democracy...
...birthday: "There won't be any candles on the cake because there won't be any cake. I never celebrate anything, not even Christmas. Every day is the same to me." When the big day came, he was still working hard at his newest guide to success, Make Life Worth Living...