Word: seales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...South-Central Military Administrative Area, with headquarters in Hankow, Chen was sent last winter to Tientsin with his boss on a mission to purchase military supplies. When the boss sneaked off for a trip to his home town, Chen carried on with the mission's official seal and $87,000 funds. He moved into an expensive hotel, bought steel materials from merchants who made fine profits, and equally fine kickbacks to Chen. He lived big at expensive restaurants, escorted beautifully dressed' girls to the fanciest spots, spent...
Many televiewers, the survey concludes, are a little ashamed of their taste in entertainment. They are "proud to appreciate entertainment that has a 'seal of approval' from people with prestige-a pride that is probably a bit elevated because it is frequently pointed out to them that they spend more time watching TV than is quite respectable...
...chief casualty of the new labels is that old standby, the rabbit, which for years has traveled under a host of now illegal pseudonyms. Among them: Arctic seal, Baltic leopard, Belgium beaver, bluerette, castorette, chinchillette, erminette, French sable, Galland squirrel, marmotine, minkony, moline, nutriette and twin beaver. Maximum penalty for mislabeling: $5,000 fine and a year in jail...
...main religious influences on Mohammed were Jewish and Christian. From time to time, God sent prophets to warn mankind against idolatry. Abraham and Christ were two of the greatest; Mohammed was the last, "the Seal of the Prophets." He considered his teaching very close to Christianity, completely missed Christianity's key point: the Divine Redeemer...
...week's end, Britain's Lord Privy Seal and new oil negotiator, Richard Stokes, flew into Teheran with four assistants. His government has already expressed its sympathy with Iranian aspirations, but Stokes and Mossadeq will have to agree on: 1) a scheme for joint British-Iranian companies to refine and market the oil; 2) away to split the profits...