Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outside was cold and forbidding, too gale-swept by war and ideology for them to stand alone. By linking up with Great Britain, the newcomers could make their piping voices heard in the councils of the world. They are further drawn to the Commonwealth because "we don't want to shake off British imperialism merely to replace it with Russian or Chinese...
...with proportional representation, which, while giving minorities a voice in the Dail, tends to keep alive old animosities that should have long since become ancient history. "Get rid of the intrigous P.R.!" cried a member of Dev's Fianna Fail (Party of Destiny). "De Valera and Fianna Fail want dictatorship!" retorted the opposition Fine Gael (United Ireland) Party. But it was hardly the sort of issue to stir the hearts of a people who 40 years ago fought the "oppressor" and have never got over...
...rebels, said Soustelle, "are only misleaders. The war they want to involve you in is without aim or end. They abandon you always; France will never leave...
...nearly three months since he first crossed over into India after his escape from the Chinese invaders, he had kept silent-but it was not for the want of anything to say. Last week, in the Himalayan foothills, Tibet's fugitive young (24) Dalai Lama finally summoned his first press conference...
...many pews may be empty in England, but the easy chairs, sofas and hassocks in front of television sets are well warmed. What is more, TV producers want more clergymen to man their panel-discussion programs. This chance to talk to a vast new congregation is hampered by one handicap: pulpit-trained preachers and priests often show up as poor performers on the TV screen...