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Word: pledgees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Law of the Land. Later, harried officials did everything they could to make it possible for Vera Black to keep her children, but she stubbornly and tearfully refused to sign the pledge required by the state. There was nothing to do then but take the children (ages four to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Polygamy Battle | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

Slowly, too slowly to win any credit for good will, the British have begun beating a retreat. Archbishop Makarios made known that he would be happy to settle for an unconditional British pledge of self-determination and prompt steps toward arranging it; enosis, if that is the will of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Too Much Death | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

In the House of Commons last week, British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan stated publicly for the first time that he was prepared to promise Cypriots the right to self-determination. This assurance was once thought to be all that Archbishop Makarios III, the enosis leader, was waiting for. Instead, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: With Rod & Gun | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

When the Hands Harden. Odette is a member of the Institut Seculaire de Tra-vailleuses Missionnaires de Marie Immaculee, and there are 24 young women like her. After five years in apprenticeship and study, they don white robes and gold rings as "Brides of Jesus." They do not take vows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: To the Godless Poor | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

J. Phillip DeCaro '57, co-chairman of the drive, said that prospective donors will be welcome any time today and need not have made a pledge. The Red Cross will be in Memorial Hall from 11.45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH Drive Lags Behind '54 Total | 12/9/1955 | See Source »

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