Word: popular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...want power only through popular opinion democratically expressed...
...million thronged the green expanse of the Grand Vista and parkways near the Government buildings of New Delhi. Wherever Lord and Lady Mountbatten went that day, their open carriage, drawn by six bay horses, was beset by happy, cheering Indians who swept aside police lines. A Briton received a popular ovation rarely given even to an Indian leader. "Mountbattenji ki jai [Victory to Mountbatten]," they roared, adding the affectionate and respectful suffix "ji" usually reserved for popular Indian leaders...
...Money, Too. The session also offered tips on another Waring formula: "How to learn music for money." The students at Shawnee could hardly have found a more knowing instructor. The 75 musicians and minnesingers known as Waring's Pennsylvanians have outlasted many a more popular band and are apparently imperishable. Last week, Fred was lining up a new NBC show for the fall (sponsored by General Electric...
...program is 15 minutes of casual rambling. He tosses out wisecracks, parodies travelogues, concert ballads and popular songs, rasps his offbeat lyrics and thumps out his own piano accompaniment...
...could speak . . . about how I've failed the church. I could talk about how laymen, generally, fail the church. That's a popular subject-it's an easy one. Instead, I'm going to talk about how the church has failed me. . . . And the way it is failing me is, I think, a key to the way it is failing and due to continue to fail society...