Word: tokenized
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...Salazar's Portugal, anonymous pamphlets appeared in Lisbon's cafes and stores announcing a demonstration the next day at the U.S. embassy. When U.S. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick requested protection,, the police advised him that they would be powerless to stop the demonstrators, sent only a token force of 30 men. The government TV network dispatched a full set of TV cameras and crews...
...teach the Roman Catholic religion, which is unacceptable to me, a Presbyterian. I hold no resentment toward the members of that church. Nevertheless, I do not want one cent of my tax money to be used for the teaching or advancement of their religion. By the same token, I do not expect them to pay one cent of tax money toward the support of, or the teaching by, my church...
...Soviets began buddying up to the Islamic powers of Asia and the Middle East, the Moscow mosque has served a growing contingent of Moslem diplomats. Friday night contributions to the collection plate have grown apace. And to keep up the semblance of Soviet affection for Islam, every year a token delegation from Russia's 30 million Moslems is allowed to make the long pilgrimage to Mecca...
...federal aid. says Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, education director of the National Catholic Welfare Conference: "It's the token of being part of U.S. education, our plea for recognition." Should Catholics get aid. Hochwalt figures that it would add 15% to the Kennedy school bill. The loans, say most bishops, would go to diocesan building-loan funds, freeing cash for lay teachers. Failing aid, says Chicago's McManus, "we will just have to further systematize contributions, in the nature of assessments and taxes." In any case, says Hochwalt, "it's not so much the amount of federal...
...public urinals, known as vespasiann (after Emperor Vespasian. A.D. 9-79. who established a tax on such establishments, and when criticized for his source of revenue, replied: "Money has no smell."). In an earlier day. the vespasiennes were a mark of social progress for a neighborhood and a token of masculine democracy. They have also become a quaint sight for tourists and a source of endless jokes. Last week, as the Paris municipal council debated their continuance, the pissoirs got an eloquent defense from Councilor Rene Fayssat...