Word: remnant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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More than the prickly heat was worrying Pandit Nehru. He was vexed about Goa, because the "inevitable historical process" of taking over this Portuguese colonial remnant had gone awry; the Goans had not risen up, as expected, to demand liberation, and Nehru had been made to look foolish. Nehru was also annoyed by his Minister of Labor who resigned from the Cabinet because Nehru had arbitrarily overruled the Labor Tribunal. But above all, Nehru showed telltale signs of jealousy. For one thing, Attlee & Co. Ltd. (of Great Britain) had poached on his position as No. 1 interpreter to the world...
...Jewish congregations all over the nation held special services to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the landing at New Amsterdam. The ceremonies began a scheduled nine-month round of tercentenary observances with the theme: "Man's Opportunities and Responsibilities under Freedom."* At the Manhattan synagogue of Shearith Israel (Remnant of Israel), the congregation founded by the settlers of 1654, the Rev. Dr. Louis C. Gerstein intoned the tercentenary prayer: "Lord our God ... deep gratitude wells up in our hearts as we remember that 300 years ago Thou didst guide a little band of Israel's children to these...
...roster for the sixth time in six years with a National League veteran. They picked up the St. Louis Cardinals' hustling, hard-hitting (lifetime average: .305) Outfielder Enos ("Country") Slaughter for a bargain price: a rookie pitcher and the promise of three minor leaguers. Durable Enos, 37, a remnant of the rowdy "Gashouse" era, roamed the outfield for the Cards for 13 seasons, played in 143 games last year, helped whip the Yanks the last time they lost a World Series...
...Harvard," Gardiner wrote, "is that they are unimportant to men outside of them." Now, half a century later, Gardiner's observation is at last accurate.Outwardly less attractive than the isolated clubs of Mt. Auburn Street, but more profitable financially, are the buildings on Massachusetts Avenue. S.A.E., the non-final remnant of the fraternity system, has rooms over the Bick. In the next building, Porcellian rents its first floor to J. August...
...exclusive interview with the CRIMSON") that I was one of the Harvard professors "who have refused to say whether or not they are communists." This is just another sample of the senator's irresponsible, erroneous and character assassinating charges that have caused all intelligent citizens to discard the last remnant of confidence in the statement that he makes...