Word: masses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sweep and gnaw away treason." When much of Moscow was destroyed by the huge fire of 1547, Ivan retired to the Sparrow Hills so as not to see the sufferings of his people. That gesture was typical of Moscow's rulers and their relation to the ragged mass on whom the splendors of the city rested...
Climax of the rally was a Sunday mass meeting in St. Peter's Square to hear the Pope's address. The blunt speech left little doubt about the urgency of the Church's fight with world Communism. "The time for reflection and planning is past," the Pontiff said. "The opposing fronts in the religious and moral fields are becoming ever more clearly defined. The time of test is here. Are you ready?" Beneath him the crowd roared a thunderous...
Bach: Sacred Arias (Carol Brice, contralto, with the Columbia Broadcasting Concert Orchestra, Daniel Saidenberg conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). The Agnus Dei and Qui Sedes from the B Minor Mass, and two arias from the Magnificat, warmly sung by a Negro of considerable talent, who is not yet a Marian Anderson. Recording: good...
...stock character employed by Communists to represent Capital. ... It tells the American public that everyone who manages our railroads (and, by association of ideas, all owners of capital) is cruel, lazy and indecent ... pariahs feeding off the poor laboring man. Such a concept, as it gains ground in the mass mind, allows for no exceptions. Ironically enough, it finally comes to the point where even Mr. Young, who is a prominent capitalist, becomes associated in the public mind with the rapacious figure he created...
...postwar high of 153.5% (of the 1926 average). The Dow-Jones commodity futures index spurted 3.45 points to 152.03, highest since the index was started in 1933. Nothing would pull prices down, said General Electric's President Charles E. Wilson somewhat hopelessly, except "technological advances and more efficient mass production...