Word: possession
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Persian Gulf," became overnight the most vaunted hero since Saladin. Thirty-two governments, said his semi-official news service, acclaimed his deed, ranging from Communist China to Franco's Spain. Saudi Arabia's King Saud sent Nasser a personal message: "I am with Egypt with all I possess." Jordan's young King Hussein cabled that Nasser's victories must bring "Arabism's hopeful tomorrow when our flag will fly proudly and dearly over the [Palestine] they have stolen from us." The only sour note emanated from a clandestine radio that began calling for "the ouster...
...influence that is often confused with views he does not represent. In Nehru's name it is argued that Asians possess a spirituality of nature that is superior to Western materialism. But Nehru himself, admired as he is by many Hindus and Buddhists, holds to no spiritual beliefs, and only last week in West Germany said: "As for myself, I believe in no religion or dogma or faith." He berates the world for its use of force, but he holds Kashmir by force; he talks of the rights of people, but he denies Kashmir a plebiscite; he resents...
Universities for Peace. "Many nations, though their cultures are ancient and rich, do not possess the resources to spread the needed education throughout their populations. But they can wisely use help that respects their traditions and ways." Proposed Ike: universities for peace, to be set up by U.S. universities and philanthropic foundations to help each nation "develop its human and natural resources. [But] in no respect should the purpose of these institutions be to transplant into new areas the attitudes, the forms, the procedures of America...
...married minority of the senior faculty. Those with aged parents or other dependents may be just as "needy" as the family men, and even if they supported no one but themselves, it would seem that they ought to qualify for more money on the supposition that they possess as much "excellence" as any married professor...
...Houses have tutorial systems and all the Houses have resident staffs, but nowhere does this system seem to possess such vitality as at Kirkland. The weekly staff dinners consistently draw a large crowd, with 35 to 40 an average figure. "They really keep me hopping here," Professor Taylor was once overheard to remark. And they...