Word: tides
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...look at his proposed compromise, they erupted. In Salisbury, Federal Prime Minister Sir Roy Welensky, a strapping ex-boxer who speaks for the white settlers, stormed: "The vicious influence of African nationalism has apparently turned the bone marrow of many metropolitan countries to jelly. I intend to stem that tide if it is within my power." Northern Rhodesia's leading black nationalist, Kenneth Kaunda, in pressing for the black majority rule he had promised his followers back home, condemned the constitution as "British betrayal." Warned Harry Nkumbula, who is Kaunda's chief black rival: "Anything can happen...
None of this particularly bothers the residents. If the tide keeps them from driving onto the pier, they just row--right into their hallway if necessary. But it does bother the Quincy Market people, who claim the wharf, though presently safe, is fast deteriorating. In fact, says Mr. Love, the Market quite recently had to close up a couple of hazardous apartments...
...also are conscious self- a sewerful of unconscious Poe's "Eulalie"'. "I dwelt a world of moan, And my was a stagnant tide, Till the gentle Eulalie became my bride." Of these I on Macaulay most: to Spain and saw only disguised and increased , dominions of vast bulk strength, tempting, un, and defenseless, an empty ry, a sullen and torpid nation, on the throne, factions on the council, ministers who served only themselves, and soldiers who were terrible only to their countrymen, Men looked to France, and saw a large and compact territory, a rich soil, a central situation...
...tide of events has been running out, and time has not been our friend . . . The tide is unfavorable. The news will be worse before it is better . . . We should prepare ourselves now for the worst...
...Time and Tide's comparisons failed to take into full consideration some of the differences in the cost of living between England and the U.S. The average Briton pays little for his basic necessities, though what he gets for his money is admittedly basic. Two-bedroom apartments owned and subsidized by local authorities can be rented for as little as $7.60 a week, while the maximum for a four-bedroom house in the suburbs begins at $11.20 a week. The average British family can be fed on $14 a week. Taxes are heavy, but the government pays for womb...