Word: xiii
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Verne's descriptions: "titanic crabs pointed like cannon on their carriages"; "petrified bushes . . . scattered in grimacing zigzags." But no matter how exorbitant their "world," Verne's characters remain strictly human, sternly Victorian. When Verne died, it was not science that did him homage. It was Pope Leo XIII who applauded the purity and moral and spiritual value of the old S.F. master's 80-odd volumes...
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...official church doctrine the change is rooted in the Rerum novarum encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, who in 1891 urged fairer treatment of such working masses as largely inhabit Latin America. In vigorous execution in Latin America, the policy is only about two years old and is rooted in the Vatican's conviction that dictatorships and poverty breed Communism. "Experience has taught,'' says a high Vatican spokesman, "that a system of freedom is in the end best for church interests. Any privilege that may be gained through a dictatorship is soon more than offset by hatred against...
...also promised economic freedom and equality for all women, divorces "issued without delay" at the request of either party (except the husbands of pregnant women), an end to discrimination against bastardy, and the protection of illegitimate children. Just to make everything absolutely clear, the law stated specifically in Article XIII: "It is strictly forbidden to drown newborn babies...
...June 4 VII MWF 2:00 June 1 VIII MWF 3:00 May 23 IX MWF 4:00 May 23 X TTS 8:00 May 25 XI TTS 9:00 May 28 XII TTS 10:00 May 24 XIII TTS 11:00 May 22 XIV TTS 12:00 June 1 XV TTS 1:00 May 25 XVI TTS 2:00 May 25 XVII TTS 3:00 June 4 XVIII TTS 4:00 June...