Word: persons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...person whose rise to fame is based on the essential principle that government by the people must be based on law and order ... I nominate Robert Schuman, French Premier, as Man of the Year...
...Christmas-tree dealers," he explained. He had sold 50,000 trees wholesale, and figured that within a few years he would be selling 100,000 a year. Following precept with example, Elliott & wife Faye (in a mink coat and jodhpurs) juiced up the sales by doing some hawking in person-and got rid of 500 trees...
...Council of Ulema (sages) of Cairo's Al-Azhar University, which forms the spiritual leadership of present-day Islam, formally proclaimed the Jihad (holy war). "Know that Jihad has now become the duty for everyone which he should fulfill either through his own person or through his money," said the Ulema. "Anybody failing to fulfill such duty will be punished by Allah. Allah promised to give Paradise to Moslems who [participate]. . . . Let the echo of your voice carry from East to West the lovely word which is dear to the faithful-Jihad, Jihad, Jihad-and Allah be with...
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even can enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind...
There is already a reported 30% reduction in the number of cattle going into the Midwest feed lots. By spring, it looked as if Americans, who ate 156 pounds of meat a person last year, would be down to 146. This would still be well above prewar. But it would not be enough for the demand. This week Senator Robert Taft told the U.S. to get ready. By spring the nation may have to ration meat...