Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also be empowered to dissolve Parliament at will. To balance still more the power of the popularly elected National Assembly, De Gaulle would like to establish a strong Senate whose members would include representatives of France's local governments and overseas territories, plus spokesmen for such economic and social groupings as organized labor, agriculture, management and the intellectuals...
Most of the lessons demand radical wrenches from the status quo-but Puerto Rico's ground-breaking example is impressing the whole world. In the garden of a bungalow overlooking Amman in Jordan last week. Social Welfare Director Hussein Bushnak sipped Turkish coffee and spoke with warmth of his visit to Puerto Rico. "Before I went there, I had been told that work of great importance had been done." he said. "But I was astonished at the scope of what I saw." He added: "The Governor is an impressive man. He has achieved much...
...once told Secretary Young. "It quietens, it deadens, and it diverts." For the rhythm section of his life, Gulbenkian required a new girl about once every three months. He seemed to prefer the Eliza Doolittle type. There was a discreet "mistress of the mistresses' wardrobes" who handled the social polishing as well as the farewell sobs, frequently stifled by generous sums (average...
...mixture of French and Spanish, with a trace of Negro and Indian now and again, they live on the Isle aux Chiens in the Gulf of Mexico. The kids run in packs; no one seems to mind the casual sleeping around, and gossip is the bloodstream of social life. When the men are not fishing or working on their boats, they drink and brawl. As Catholics, they sometimes go to the church at a mainland town and give a welcome of sorts to the priest when he visits the island. But tempers are quick, violence is always near the surface...
...Novel No. 2, The Sixth Heaven, Eustace has turned into a pet of the Oxford esthetes. He has still not made it to the Stately Home set, but this social beatification is only a matter of time. Sister Hilda and he are invited to Anchorstone Hall, ancestral padded seat of the Staveleys, a proud family said to have their coat of arms embroidered even on the bath mats. Dashing Dick Staveley, M.P., is the very man who used to knock down Eustace's sand castles. Now he falls in love with Hilda, and takes her up in his private...