Word: tradesmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What has happened to the middle-and upper-class city dwellers since the Communist takeover? Repeated interrogation produced no clear answer to the question of 'auto-genocide,' the term used by some critics for an alleged methodical execution of much of the entire class of former professionals, tradesmen, civil servants and soldiers. There were indications in both directions. The Cambodian revolution evidently has forced [those city dwellers] to conform to an austere standard of hard manual labor: no money, no mail system, no telephone service, no books, almost no individual property, no advanced education, little or no religion...
...said: "Sir Etienne Dupuch, owner and editor of the Tribune [the most influential newspaper in the Bahamas], had called at Government House to tender his respects. Windsor, who was standing just outside the main gate, dismissed Dupuch with the withering comment: 'Colored people to the tradesmen's entrance.' " TIME cites this as an example of the duke's treatment of colored Bahamians...
...most distinguished colored citizens. Sir Etienne Dupuch, owner and editor of the Tribune [the most influential newspaper in the Bahamas]. had called at Government House to tender his respects. Windsor, who was standing just outside the main gate, dismissed Dupuch with the withering comment: "Colored people to the tradesmen's entrance...
...more recent explosions of Krakatoa or Mont Pelée. But no seismic event has ever had wider cultural repercussions. Buried under 12 ft. of deadly ash and scoriae, the city of Pompeii-a flourishing town on the Bay of Naples, filled with rich men's villas, tradesmen's houses and the workshops of the poor-was in the moment of its snuffing-out turned into the most complete social time capsule left by the Roman world. Since major excavations of its site were completed in the 19th century, Pompeii has been one of the supreme clich...
...class, teachers work on such projects as manufacturing coconut soap and designing miniature diesel tractors and other small farming equipment. Says Costigan: "The most gratifying reward after 30 years in Micronesia is seeing my school kids now in positions of authority and accomplishment as governors, administrators, teachers, farmers and tradesmen...