Word: personal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...federal, state and local taxes, the Commerce Department reported last week. That came to $568 for each man, woman and child in the country. Even so, outstanding federal, state and local government debts kept right on climbing, reached the dizzying total of $334 billion-$1,930 for each person...
...great motherland of China. They must once again be united and taught the Communist doctrine." The border countries are "like lice in our clothing," said another speaker, who demanded they be "cleansed." Asked about the Red general's remarks, Nehru commented: "It would be an extremely foolish person who would make the remarks attributed to this gentleman." As for the "very large Chinese forces all over Tibet." said Nehru, India "is quite awake and alert over the matter...
...week reported on another use for atomic wastes: inserted in modified grenades, leftovers from nuclear reactors could be lobbed across enemy lines. The small releasing blast would do almost no damage to roads and real estate. But the radioactivity would, within a reasonably short time, bring death to every person within a wide area...
...song," she says, "deals with a person. I have to get an image of that person and convey that image to everyone else. I have to find the highlight in the song and work up to it-to find the motive for the song and personalize it for each listener." The fool's gold from the songwriters' mines may seldom merit such meticulous attention, but the measure of Felicia's talent is the astonished pleasure of her fans. When dedicated Method Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward caught her at the Bon Soir this summer, they delivered...
...Sixty percent of the ministers reject the belief that if a person takes Holy Communion, "he is automatically a better person," but only 46% of the laymen reject the idea completely...