Word: pots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cult of the Gun." U Nu will argue Marxism with Communists over a pot of plain tea, but he will not let them undermine free Burma with a gun. As Prime Minister, he goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that his people understand this, the difference he considers vital. "For 2,000 years." he cried, "we in Burma had the tradition that he who can kill a King becomes a King . . . The conflict is not between government and rebels, but a conflict between . . . the rights of the people and the cult of the gun." He tells his people: "Beware...
Then Pepper Martin and the Gas House Cardinals of 1931 whipped the Athletics in the World Series, and the fans deserted Connie Mack Stadium once more. After World War II there were a couple of good seasons; then everything went to pot. Connie today is too old (91) to help his team; his two sons, Roy and Earle, have neither the talent nor the money to keep the A's fighting...
...Protestantism behind the Iron Curtain can at best continue for only one generation. At present, everything indicates that Romanization here and Sovietization there can hardly be opposed with a chance of success." If the state uses its authority to impose Christianity, says Niemöller, "Protestantism will go to pot...
...more surprised, or pleased, by this than Manhattan's Richard Adler, 30, and Jerry Ross, 28, creators of Pajama Game's musical score and the U.S.'s hottest songwriting team. "This," they say with a verve that is not yet curdled by success, "is the pot o' gold." For Adler and Ross, the magical rainbow began to form about four years ago, when they met in a music publisher's office and decided to pool their talents. Adler's contributions: a childhood rebellion against formal music studies (his father is Pianist Clarence Adler...
...five forts that guard the capital was bombed and set on fire. Arbenz' emphasis, in his radio talk, on how much the air attacks had hurt, was an eloquent restatement of an old principle: in air war, as in poker, a low hand can win the biggest pot when the opponents hold nothing...