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Some of the opposition are for prompt amendment of the constitution, to shear the King's power; some are for nationalization of the oilfields, some for land reform, some merely against alliances with the West. Behind them, but in the forefront of the rioting, were Communist partisans, happy to direct the troublemaking against Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: The Same Mistakes | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

...city's people which make it our prime choice for prompt engulfment. Nor is it our sister university, Brown (which fortunately sits on a hill twelve feet high and which would be spared from the onrushing waters). It is the town's streets, which might jokingly be called its arteries of trade and commerce, its narrow and fetid alleyways which cross and recross without plan or purpose, which cry like a festering sore for the purging waters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trust Not Providence | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

...cast are Negroes. From the American cast's point of view, one of the best things about Porgy's current triumphant tour of Europe has been the relative absence of discrimination. Then last month the Porgy company arrived in London, and became a prompt smash hit (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Back Home | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...favor a salary increase for State employees based upon a rise in the cost of living. Once again the merit system will be in force and the conscientious State employee will not need political influence for promotion. I favor prompt cost-of-living increases for Old-Age Assistance recipients and provision for housing units adapted to the needs of the aged in public housing projects...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Progressive Legislation | 11/4/1952 | See Source »

...four major party senatorial candidates Ribicoff at present appears the surest of election. A young Hartford lawyer, in his two terms in Congree Ribicoff has won the admiration of both Democrats and Republicans for his independent voting and his prompt and personal attention to the needs of his constituents. His reward has been an astonishing personal following and a full-length, strongly favorable portrait in The Saturday Evening Post. A good part of Ribbicoff's strength stems from his Jewish ancestry, a potent factor in Hartford which ranks next to New York among American cities in its proportion of Jewish...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: The Campaign | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

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