Word: popping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...village of Mikofalva (pop. 1,100), 100 miles northeast of Budapest, is populated chiefly by Kelemens and Kovacses, who belong to the Paloc tribe, one of Hungary's oldest and toughest. For centuries, Kelemens and Kovacses have married only Kovacses and Kelemens, thus keeping outsiders from the village. They have not kept out Communism. The village has 250 card-holding party members. All Mikofalvians-Kelemens, Kovacses and Communists-are Roman Catholics...
Under heaviest fire have been those priests in whom the shrewd Communists recognized the qualities of leadership which could-make their fight easier. One such priest on their list was Father Boldizsar Koczan, of busy Szombathely (pop. 45,000), only seven miles from the Austrian border...
...highway near Olivet, Mich., a tiny (pop. 800) town where nearly everyone votes Republican and goes to the Congregational Church, there stands a welcoming sign: "Olivet, a village of friendly folk, home of Olivet College . . ." Last week, friendship was on trial in Olivet and in the coed college on the hill...
There is still another side to the problem. If there is no iron-bound assurance that AYD affiliation will not pop up from college records in the future, many girls will hesitate before joining that organization. In that measure, the Radcliffe authorities would be unwittingly aiding the enemies of free political choice and belief. It is quite possible that the RAYD could not muster enough members willing to risk their careers to hold a charter this term, or next term, or sometime in the future. The RAYD would simply be forced out of existence...
...independent," said Cox, "it has to be financially stable." Last week, for an undisclosed price, Cox bought the Republican Journal and the independent Herald, and merged them into one morning paper (the Journal Herald). That left the evening field to his New Dealing News, and made Dayton (pop. 300,000), Ohio's 6th largest city, another in the growing list of newspaper monopolies...