Word: coded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago, came Indonesians in boats, to push the Negritos into the interior; the Indonesians in turn were pushed back by a wave of Malays. When Ferdinand Magellan landed in 15 21 he found a people with its own written language, government by tribal law, a strict moral code, a thriving commerce. Magellan, before he was killed by tribesmen, named the place San Lazaro, but later Spain changed it to Philipinas, in honor of Prince Philip, who became Philip...
...Pope's speech to midwives on the Roman Catholic code of morality in matters of sex and childbirth (TIME, Nov. 12) contained nothing essentially new. But one statement in it set off a blast of Protestant indignation in England. The sentence: "To save the mother's life is a very noble aim, but the direct killing of the baby as a means to that end is not lawful...
...what is best remembered after the chronological flow of events has begun to blur is the fine sensibility that accompanied the sense: Prime Minister to General Ismay-"Operations in which large numbers of men may lose their lives ought not to be described by code-words which imply a boastful and overconfident sentiment, such as 'Triumphant,' or, conversely, which are calculated to invest the plan with an air of despondency, such as 'Woe-betide,' 'Massacre,' 'Jumble' ... After all, the world is wide, and intelligent thought will readily supply an unlimited number...
...blessing of the Blackfoot ruler and gives them a son. But when one of Gable's men kills the old chief to satisfy a personal grudge, a hostile brave (Ricardo Montalban) takes command of the Indians to war on the whites. A Blackfoot arrow, guided by the Production Code's antimiscegenation line, cuts down Gable's bride...
...code of probability shows that on Thanksgiving Day in Boston there is a 97 percent chance that the temperature will be 32 degrees or lower...