Word: occasionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cowardly Alibi. But the occasion had left a bad taste all around. Since then, newspapers have taken to criticizing Nehru with a new bluntness; old opponents use stronger language. Seemingly oblivious, Nehru in January rammed through a series of resolutions to socialize Indian agriculture, calling for a limit on land...
The invitation from Italy was nearly a year old, but with his customary talent for the dramatic, President Charles de Gaulle of France had waited for just the right occasion to stage his first state visit abroad. On June 24, 100 years ago, Emperor Napoleon III defeated the Austrians at...
-from Lines by John Masefield on the Occasion of Her Majesty's Visit to Canada,
"She opens up a pathway to the sea," Masefield went on, and that was the meaning of the occasion when the Queen of Canada extended a welcoming hand to the
President of the U.S. at a Montreal air-force base last week. The two heads of state made the great occasion human and informal. "This is a very great honor to see you again," said Dwight Eisenhower. "So good to see you," murmured the Queen. Then, along with Mamie Eisenhower...