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Word: persecutors (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pious blather-which all but claims Jesus Christ as the founder of the British Labor Party-is, of course, so farfetched and improbable as to be beyond the reach of criticism . . . What strikes me is the omission, in his article, of the name of Tito, the avowed atheist and persecutor of the Christian Church, while it includes the name of Catholic Franco. When one recalls Britain's ardent wooing of Tito, the omission may seem to be less than accidental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 2, 1953 | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

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