Word: polis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Enunciation of the Catholic peace poli cy is chiefly the work of the last five Popes (Leo XIII, Pius X, Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII). It is at once the most diffuse and most fundamental of peace programs because it is based on the belief that wars between nations can never be prevented until class conflicts within na tions have been adjusted. Therefore it talks less about peace than about the causes of social war - Capital and Labor, the relations between the individual and the State, Communism, the position of the family, regimentation, materialism...
Dive--Won by Pastel (H); second, Phillips (H); third, Poli (B), Score--64.4 points...
...than a history, gives a detailed account of the variety show from its rough beer-hall days through its great era when Italian Singer Tony Pastor purified it, to its death. It is a must book for rememberers of such vaudeville chains as the Keith-Albee, Orpheum, Sylvester Z. Poli, Alexander Pantages, Gus Sun, Sullivan & Considine, Fred Mozart, Kohl & Castle, Mike Shea. Sample items from the past of a passing art form...
...main job these days is poli tics, not business, and it is a fulltime job. When he can get away from his political muttons he likes to go to his magnificent 1,500-acre Warwick Farms in upper Chester County, where every prospect pleases...