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...greatly stimulated Pakistan's economy. India, by contrast, is still the big gainer in the war. Shastri had united the nation as never before. Said one Western ambassador last week: "It used to be you could feed the word 'India' into the machine and it would spit out 'Maharajahs, snakes, too many babies, too many cows, spindly-legged Hindus.' Now it's apparent to everybody that India is going to emerge as an Asian power in its own right...
...have got the bear, now we will get the hare," he recited, stumbling over the words as if he were trying to spit out a memorized phrase. However, he conceded, with his arm around Patterson that "he might stand a better chance than the bear...
Into Politics. White neighbors complain that the "nig-nogs, wogs, wallah-wallahs and coolies" use their milk bottles for chamberpots (and then return the empties), spit in the streets, and boost the crime rate. Many local police disagree. In Manchester, says Deputy Chief Constable William J. Richards, coloreds actually commit fewer offenses in proportion to their numbers than whites, though they are more often related to dope and prostitution, and thus more likely to hit headlines. "As a police problem," says Richards, "they are no more noticeable than the Irish were 25 years...
...National Palace for Life, hallowed be Thy name by present and future generations, Thy will be done at Port-au-Prince and in the provinces. Give us this day our new Haiti and never forgive the trespasses of the enemies of the Fatherland, who spit every day on our Country. Let them succumb to temptation and under the weight of their own venom. Deliver them not from any evil. Amen...
Another campaign was aimed at the spitting in public that was very common all over China. Young Pioneers (Socialist "boy scouts") took to the streets with megaphones and leaflets, explaining the health problems created by spitting, and lecturing passers-by who were caught in the act. At the height of the campaign, the Pioneers went around with pieces of chalk, drawing circles around the spit and labelling them with the date and the culprit's name...