Word: movement
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alternatives and two alone are open to people who are willing to take their heads out of the sand, to newspapers who are willing to stop whistling in the dark and begin to talk. The first alternative is a genuine people's movement throughout the world which consists of a hearty refusal to back their governments in any program of "preparedness," be it window dressing like "peacetime conscription" or serious, scientific preparation to "push a button," together with an equally hearty demand that their respective governmental representatives meet promptly to write a world constitution...
...wife while studying law at Amsterdam, later saw her packed back to Holland when the Dutch exiled him for nationalist activities. He has never seen their twelve-year-old son. Sjahrir was kept in exile until 1942. During the Jap occupation he grew pineapples and helped organize the resistance movement...
...daughter of British Admiral Sir Edmond Slade. She left England to join Gandhi, became his personal attendant, took the name of Miraben (Sister Mira) from the Rajput Princess Mira who abandoned all to follow the Hindu god Krishna. Miraben was jailed twice for her part in the civil disobedience movement...
...letter to the SERVICE NEWS, Comdr. Morison, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, revealed that he saw the landing on Okinawa from the highest point of the U.S.S. Tennessee: he described the action as a "superb naval spectacle full of movement, life and color." The Kamikaze boys "seemed to have a special spite" against the Tennossee, and "one got through, missed me on the bridge by a few feet and crashed amidships, killing and wounding a number of fine young...
...movement's third significant figure and elder statesman is Palim, 61, one of its founders. He worked in the Dutch colonial service for many years, led an undercover drive for independence until 1938, is now consulted by the younger leaders on all major problems. Warn Palim: "We have had 350 years of promises from the Dutch: We want no more of them. If you want to start Armageddon again, send the Dutch back to Indonesia." Asked if he would prefer British colonial administration to Dutch rule, he retorted: "Would you rather be bitten by a cat than...