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...secretary of the league, Menon gave soapbox speeches, got sympathetic left-wing intellectuals like Laski, Bertrand Russell and Stafford Cripps to preach the gospel of Indian independence. Menon lived in a dreary bed-sitter in Camden Town in London's working-class borough of St. Pancras, eked out a living by writing occasional legal briefs, often lacked enough money for a meal. He became involved in Labor Party politics, served as a member of the St. Pancras borough council, where he is still remembered as "the best library chairman we ever had." For his work, he became...
...because "it touches something deep, something real, in a man." Cerebral Captain Esclavier concluded that the West in its colonial wars suffers "from conscience and remorse; that's why we're losing." What is needed to win. declared Colonel Raspèguy, is shrewd, cunning missionaries "who preach, but keep one hand on the butts of their revolvers in case anyone interrupts them-or happens to disagree...
...many private interviews to journalists of many levels. It goes without saying that organized labor is friendly to Democrat Kennedy, but the President has also gone all-out to relieve big business of its suspicions about his Administration. He has sent his economic advisers all over the country to preach that big business is a respected Administration partner, slipped such business leaders as U.S. Steel Chairman Roger Blough into the White House for long, earnest chats...
...serve in one monastic community until his death. Unlike Franciscan or Dominican houses, which are organized into tightly run provinces, Benedictine monasteries are almost completely independent of each other; a monk obeys only his own abbot. Unlike the Jesuits or other modern religious congregations, which have specific vocations to preach, heal or teach, monks are essentially contemplative: their major duty is the Opus Dei-the common recitation of the prayers in the Divine Office, for the glory of God and the salvation of souls...
...military action, Nehru has handed the Pakistanis a perfect argument to resolve the Kashmir problem; like Portugal's Salazar, Nehru has refused to confer on Pakistan's right to the mountainous northern Indian province. But most importantly, Nehru and India will find it now impossible to preach nonviolence and compromise at any cost to the rest of the world...