Word: livelihood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...know it is how fascist governments behave, and we all remember only too well what the cost can be in giving in to fascism. We do not seek a solution by force . . . But this I must make plain: we cannot agree that an act of plunder which threatens the livelihood of many nations shall be allowed to succeed...
...quickly caught up in the trials and difficulties of a family that is continuously fighting financial hardship. Ultimately the family's livelihood depends on the horse, Takeru, who hopefully will turn out to be the Nashua of his hemisphere. The horse experiences two traumatic experiences with fire, the first in a nearby forest and the second in his Tokyo stable. These incidents of couse affect his racing proficiency, and in the end the boy uses his harmonica in an attempt to calm the distraught animal in preparation for the "big race...
...Four Noble Truths: 1) suffering is universal, 2) the cause of suffering is desire, 3) the cure is the elimination of desire, 4) desire can be eliminated by following the Noble Eightfold Path. The Path: 1) Right knowledge, 2) Right intention, 3) Right speech, 4) Right conduct, 5) Right livelihood, 6) Right effort, 7) Right mindfulness, 8) Right concentration. At the end is nirvana. But Buddha, who talked not at all of God, refused ever to go into details about what is meant by nirvana. His dying words underlined his emphasis on human effort rather than on grace or magic...
...Beaujolais country, where every bit of thick underbrush had a tale to tell. Clochemerle is The Wicked Village, but no one is expected to take the title seriously. To be sure, everyone drinks too much wine, but after all, they grow the stuff and depend on it for a livelihood. In the spring the boys and girls are apt to experiment a little too ardently or carelessly, so that a rather high proportion of firstborns are illegitimate. But marriage. more often than not sets things to rights...
...Cotton. It was a natural interest, even more natural for Eastland than for most cotton state Senators. Since his father's death in 1944, Jim Eastland has been owner of the Doddsville plantation -it now comprises 5,020 acres-and cotton is one of his major sources of livelihood. This fact has not only influenced his legislative approach, but has helped to keep his heart firmly in Mississippi. The eleven-room brick house which the Eastlands purchased two years ago as a permanent Washington headquarters for themselves and their four children (three daughters, one son) is a sparsely decorated...