Word: warne
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prince desired by the Merina"), who ruled from 1787 until 1810. Riding in state about his kingdom in a purple-draped palanquin, he divided the country up into well-administered provinces, organized a corps of professional civil servants. His warrior son Radama I-a stern disciplinarian who would warn his soldiers, "Better to advance and risk being killed by the enemy than to retreat and be sure of being burned alive"-carried on his work. He imported British soldiers to train his army, welcomed the schools of French and British missionaries. But his successors began to quarrel with the growing...
...Realtor Irving Truitt, plumped publicly for "a strong and complete public-school system"-and if necessary, gradually integrated. The committee's key point: no city can pretend to attract or hold business, industry or federal installations, e.g., the Norfolk Naval Base, with public schools closed. Next move: to warn the Governor and the legislature "that the great majority of responsible Norfolk citizens strongly favor continuous operation of a free and efficient public-school system under local direction...
...distributing 3,000,000 political tracts, putting up 500,000 posters, scrawling Oui De Gaulle on every surface available. Propaganda films make the rounds of the villages, suggesting to women that a oui vote will put a new stove in every kitchen. Troops assemble the local population to warn them that non is a "vote for Communism." Even Commander in Chief Raoul Salan and his wife have taken to the hustings; Salan claims to have spoken to 2,000,000 people, telling them that "the Mediterranean crosses France the way the Seine crosses Paris," while his wife makes speeches...
Vote by Fear. The F.L.N. is as active as the French army. Orders have gone out to boycott the elections, and Moslems have been told to leave the towns and hide out in the hills and forests until after election day. The rebels warn that they will mine the roads leading to polling places and ambush trucks carrying voters into the towns. If Moslems are forced to go cast their ballots, the F.L.N. advises them to leave their registration cards at home. If nothing else is possible, they should vote...
...remained for Milton Berle, Mr. TV himself, coming back to a regular show after three years, to warn the network that when it does get around to promoting new ideas, they had better be good. "I'll be on every Wednesday night, except when we're pre-empted by a spectacular," he quipped. "You know what a spectacular is. That's a word invented by a network vice president meaning 'Let's make the show longer and more expensive, and maybe they won't notice how lousy it is.' " To judge from last...