Word: plural
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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FIRST PERSON PLURAL (249 pp.)-Dagmar Godowsky-Viking...
Professor Kirk cited "the breakdown of self-determination when attempted in plural societies, such as Palestine and Kashmir. But Makarios replied that, "according to that principle, where there is no homogeneous population, colonial rule must prevail...
...articles, makes no distinction between adjectives and adverbs. Its word order goes: subject, verb, direct object, indirect object. Janson started with the personal pronouns-I, you, he and she-which he designated I, II, III, and which retain the same form when they shift from subject to object. Plurals are indicated with the figure 2. Thus I² we or us; II² you (plural); III² they or them; Q1 trees; fl houses. Verbs, which keep the same form for all persons, are preceded by a single line when active, a double line when passive. Thus...
...first acts as an independent nation, the new Moslem-dominated state of Tunisia this week abolished plural marriage (up to four wives at any one time) sanctioned for Moslems by the Koran and by the example of Prophet Mohammed. "These measures have been taken to better protect the home, the base of society," announced Premier Habib Bourguiba, an Arab who has but one wife, a Frenchwoman. He added that girls would no longer be permitted to become child-brides at 14 or less, that youths and girls over 20 need no longer get parental consent to marry, that male Tunisians...
...takes a real man to live it. It is not a matter of lust. To take plural wives, a man doubles, triples or quadruples his responsibilities. He has more problems to solve. He must create a home in which harmony and selflessness prevail. He must provide. And it takes a real saint of a woman. She must overcome human weaknesses. In the polygamous home, there can be no jealousy, no selfishness. The whole family must live for the family, not for individuals. The children are finer. They never acquire the pettiness of other children. They live in a home where...