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Word: zealanders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shepherd. In New Plymouth, New Zealand, a priest at St. Joseph's Church advised his congregation to "put your notes in the plate and keep your silver to back Earldale [at 10 to 1] in the last race tomorrow," but when the horse won, the clergyman admitted that at the last moment he had switched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 11, 1949 | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...China's ambassador to Russia, pondered a telegram last week. It announced his appointment as Premier Ho Ying-chin's new foreign minister. Asked if he would accept, Foo said: "Wouldn't it be like jumping into the fire? ... I think people live longer in New Zealand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Iron Glove v. Soft Mitten | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

Dosides Compton, 48 speakers, representing a broad cross-section of the world's scholars, will attend the meetings. Ten come from foreign countries, including Russia, India, and New Zealand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Compton Outlines Science's Tasks | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

...Zealand has had compulsory insurance since 1938. Costs come from a general social security levy of 7.5% on all incomes. Nearly 2,000,000 New Zealanders are entitled to free medical care except for specialist services. Most telling criticism has been that doctors are doing so well financially that they neglect research and spurn lower-paying hospital posts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Health Insurance Catalogue | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...Cardiff draper, Dr. Follick was born in Wales where every schoolboy is expected to learn the spelling of such names as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery-chwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. At 17, he left Wales for Australia. Perhaps Down Under he heard about the New Zealand hilltop called Taumatawhakatangihangako-auauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu. He developed an English alphabet containing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: No Ghoti Today | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

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