Word: possession
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last-minute directive from the Palace permitted lady guests to deck themselves in the stars and ribands of whatever orders they might possess, and-as if to keep his daughter from being outshone in the glitter-King George invested the royal bride in the broad blue riband and jeweled insignia of the Order of the Garter...
...representing less than 7% of the world's population, is not expected to carry half the world on its shoulders. The 16 nations and Western Germany included in ERP comprise over 275 million people, possess great resources. "Aid must be viewed not as a means of supporting Europe, but as a spark which can fire the engine...
...parade through which most brilliant careers are achieved in peacetime. And so he would be condemned to emasculation or corruption, if he lacked the grim impulse of ambition to spur him on. It is not, to be sure, that the passion for rank and honors, which is only careerism, possess him, but it is beyond doubt the hope of playing a great role in great events...
...Prosecutor answered: "Hindu and Sikh and Moslem tolerated each other, insofar as they did so, not through love or virtue but because each community was aware that its rival did not possess the power to coerce it into a hated way of living. Neither the Rajputs, nor the Moguls, nor the British ever established in India a state whose police reached out to the ordering of people's daily lives. Now, with independence, with the possibility of modern states, each community saw behind the other the shadow of the policeman and the propagandist. The Indian communities rushed into violence...
...United States has changed since Mr. Wallace's college days. We, who once ridiculed European nations for their standing armies and large military expenditures, possess one of the world's mightiest fighting forces and are seriously considering compulsory peacetime military training. In a nation where a man's freedom is his most cherished possession, government employees are subjected to "loyalty tests." Investigations are conducted by the F.B.I. and a citizen may be removed from governmental office as a result of these investigations, whose findings he does not know and whose charges he has not the opportunity to answer. Our foreign...