Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most Spanish-speaking peoples, tinto is red wine; to Colombians, it is a tiny cup of black coffee-and a social institution that ranks with the Englishman's tea, the Argentine's mate and the Norteamericano's cocktails. Over their four or five daily tintos in drab little cafes (many cater exclusively to lawyers, bullfight fans, et al.), Colombians make & break governments, trade plantations and gold mines, brood about mistresses and write poems...
Once a fiery advocate of Puerto Rican independence, Munoz now believes that both independence and statehood are best forgotten while the island builds up its economic health. His platform: industrialization, expansion of the social legislation which he wrote in the days before Governor Rexford G. Tugwell* arrived, a new Pureto Rican constitution by revision or replacement of the present Organic Act-to provide that no changes shall be made in Puerto Rico's governmental system without consulting the islanders...
...Colleges and Secondary Schools-"a good school, even if I do say so." Its enrollment has climbed from 47 to 1,100. Bit by bit, the sisters have added to it-a graduate school of arts and sciences, a college of pharmacy, a school of education, a school of social service. Courses include everything from Greek to journalism...
...ages class warfare . . ." But the headway made by Communism is in itself a judg ment on church and society, for in many minds Communism has replaced the church as the challenger of oppression and poverty. The church's best rebuttal is to "be a fearless witness against political, social and economic injustice." A committee headed by Bishops J.W.C...
Board President Louis La Bow said the meeting had been "a pleasant social gathering . . . most interesting." But another board member was more frank. Said he: "The musicians have the gall to say-and believe-that they have had to play down to conductors for years, and that they must maintain their own high standards. I'd love to hear Beecham's reply to that . . . They're musical mobsters. They're out to have Ali Baba for a chairman-there are just 40 of them...