Word: manifesting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the captain had sworn not to tell what he was carrying; some, that he never knew. One thing was certain: if the cargo lashed down in the hold of the brig Télémaque that January night in 1790 was really nails and tar, as the manifest stated, it was wrapped in astonishing secrecy. As the little vessel passed the Seineside village of Villequier on her way to Le Havre and the open sea, a cutter of the revolutionary government decided to investigate, and ordered the Télémaque to heave to. Instead, she made...
...said: "But those whom Nature has endowed with the capacity for administering public affairs should put aside all hesitation, enter the race for public office, and take a hand in directing the government; for in no other way can a government be administered or greatness of spirit be made manifest . . ." Isn't that a clear call for Eisenhower...
...Manifest Absurdity. Last year he went too far. In a Jim Crow franchise bill passed by a parliamentary majority of ten, he erased the names of 50,000 Cape Colored (i.e., halfcaste) voters from the white voting lists and assigned their votes to four "white representatives...
...Malan) unanimously said no. Malan's action was "null and void." Said Chief Justice Albert van de Sandt Centlivres: "To say that the Union of South Africa is not a sovereign state simply because Parliament hasn't the power to amend the Constitution is to state a manifest absurdity . . . It would be surprising . . . to be told that the great and powerful country, the United States, is not sovereign and independent because its Congress cannot pass any law it pleases...
Another reliable organization which sponsors work camps is the Finnish National Union of Students. These camps are only of two weeks duration . . of lifting, cutting, and loading peat in Southern Finland. The camps are doubly attractive since Finland is not only noted for its warmly pro-American feelings, which manifest themselves in a variety of pleasant diversions, but also because the Olympic Games are but a short distance away. Literature is free from the USNSA Travel Dept., 48 West 48 St., New York...