Word: wholely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communists were not the only ones who could wage successful rebellion in Asia. Last week Karen tribesmen, mostly Baptist, held much of Burma's richest land. They had taken Mandalay, and were in control of the Irrawaddy valley; their guns ringed the capital, Rangoon. Two months ago whole regiments of Karens rose in open rebellion against the government. The tough hill tribesmen, led by a handsome ex-Rangoon lawyer, Saw Ba U Gyi, had grown tired of waiting for the infant Burma Union to grant their demand for a separate state. They planned their attack for a propitious time...
Though the policemen demanded a recount, General Otero was unmoved. He denied the whole incident and saw to it that his daughter was crowned. "Mexicans," he explained, "do not know how to lose." But General Otero knew how a winner should act. To appease his daughter's competitors-all princesses of the festivals-he invited them to a gala luncheon. As Moy and her princesses plunged into a week of parties, even the traffic police forgot about the squabble...
...Republican leader called "the Fuhrer principle of Hitler's system, the centralism of Stalin's system, and the whole approach of ruthless domination and cold blooded liquidation of those with whom they differed, of the same cloth...
...followed this summary with an elequent defense of human rights, saying that. "The soul of man thus held in france or forsen in a long night can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life...
...dramatic groups, the Glee Club, and the CRIMSON have practiced their preachings along these lines, and both colleges have benefited from it. The particularly encouraging thing about last night's announcement is the fact that, until then, the Lampoon was one orgaizaion which laughed the loudest at the whole thing...