Word: sovereigns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...promising. Just a few days before, on his first trip to Canada, a Chilean cattleman named José Barros had agreed to pay Hays Ltd., Canada's largest exporter of Holsteins to the south, a whopping $79,340 for 15 purebreds, including a $15,000 bull named Sonniwilk Sovereign...
...gobbledygook: "The only way to peace is a stony road which involves constant risk of war." Translated, this means: "Pledge allegiance to your nation, arm to the teeth, and be ready at all times to be led to the slaughter by your 'leaders' whenever diplomacy between sovereign states gets out of hand, as it does periodically...
...Chicago publicity man named James Mangan announced that he had founded a new "sovereign power . . . known as the nation of Celestial Space." He presented a fancy document to the Cook County Recorder, staking out a claim to "space in all directions . . . specifically exempting . . . every celestial body, whether star, planet, satellite or comet . . ." Then he debated selling chunks of space as big as the earth, for a dollar each...
...define the bodily Assumption of Mary as "a most certain dogma of faith." Clement passed the matter on to the Holy Office. In 1863, Spain's Queen Elizabeth made the same request. Pius IX, though recognizing the Queen's good intentions, was somewhat annoyed at a temporal sovereign's interference in sacred matters. He replied: "I am not worthy to publish such a dogma. The wishes of Your Majesty, the holy wishes of Your Majesty, will no doubt some day be satisfied if the large body of the humble faithful persevere in prayer to this...
Thurmond has never campaigned on a "white supremacy" platform. He has consistently urged constitutional government of the U.S., with the 48 components maintaining their sovereign rights. Of course, it makes a more sensational article . . . when you drag in the Negro question-and probably sells more copies in your Northern stronghold where they can continue their criticism of the Southerners for their oppression of the poor blacks...