Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bulgaria last week the Communist-dominated Government silenced democratic opposition by hanging Nikola Petkoff after his conviction on trumped-up treason charges. Petkoff, leader of the democratic Agrarian Party, was a patriot. He fought the Nazis and spent part of the war behind German barbed wire. After the Russians put the small Bulgarian Communist Party in power, Petkoff opposed the Communists led by the old Comintern agent, Georgi Dimitroff, hero of the Reichstag-fire trial...
...That is the hardest problem for Communists to analyze. It is very difficult to believe in any international ideal and still be a good patriot. But I certainly know I should fight for Italy. It would be a terrible thing...
...British rule from the very place names. Calcutta's Clive Street (India's Wall Street) had been renamed Netaji Subhas Road to honor the late Bengal leader, Subhas Chandra Bose. He was a traitor in British eyes for helping the Japs; but to Indians Bose was a patriot. The holy Ganges would revert to the Sanskrit form, Ganga. Madras would become Chennapatnam. The city of Rajahmundry would become Rajamahendravaram, which would be harder to spell, but since 87% of Indians could not write that would not matter so much...
...warmup parades on Patriot's Day--one in Lexington and the other in a Boston parade--gave band members some spring training for next fall's impressive schedule. A trip to Virginia will highlight early-season play, while the customary New Haven trip will close out the schedule. Two new medleys, one each for Boston University and Virginia, promise to continue the string of successful band originals...
...Edwards, local handleader-drummer and himself a disabled vet, has contracted to play at the affair. His ten-piece band and vocalist will keynote the informal dance, scheduled to run from 8 to 12 o'clock on Patriot...