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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...They prefer to enslave the rest of the population rather than be free themselves. They continue to turn their government into a dictatorship. They continue to punish Negroes for such crimes as walking the wrong streets, riding the wrong streetcars, and criticizing the laws that enslave them...
...himself, and composed his sermons with care. Occasionally curious visitors would drop in to hear him. To supplement their attendance, he placed cards in the first six pews bearing the names of his predecessors-Warleggon rectors since the days of the Normans. "I am not sure I do not prefer my congregation of ghosts," he would say. "They cannot object to any innovation I make...
...Year Dictatorship. For 20 minutes Naguib spoke, while overhead jets ripped across rooftops. Then at a signal the crowd rose and repeated after him Egypt's new creed, the Liberation Oath: "Almighty God, you love the strong and detest the meek. You spread your mercy over those who prefer to die in dignity for the sake of liberty to a life of dishonor in a realm of bondage . . . We swear by Thy Holy Name to work to our utmost [for a country] free from wicked passions and compatible with what is right and just . . . Our motto shall always...
When the government of Israel worked out a system of meat rationing, no one thought it odd to find pork on a restricted list reserved for diplomatic missions and Christian residents. Most Israeli Jews, whether orthodox in religion or not, prefer kosher meat to the traditionally forbidden flesh of pigs. As the food situation grew worse, however, the supplies of kosher meat ran low, and the government did not have the foreign exchange to import all it needed. Three months ago, in a desperate effort to maintain Israelis' fortnightly meat ration, the government allocated some locally grown pork...
Richard Nixon told a Washington columnist that he would prefer the full title of his office rather than the familiar term Veep, which was, he said, "a title of affection given to a fine man-Barkley-and like the uniform numerals which are retired with great football players, I think the nickname should go with...