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...language." But in spite of the baron-and all the efforts of imperial German officials -the natives of the New Guinea protectorate went right on speaking Pidgin, the language built up from years of dealing with white traders. By World War II, G.I.s were being taught to say: "Cut-im grass belong head belong me" ("I want a haircut"), and the 23rd Psalm was still going native in a wide variety of ways: e.g., Australia's "Big Name watchem sheepysheep. Watchum blackfella. No more belly cry fella hob . . ."; New Guinea's "Deus iwas gut long mi, im igifim...
...early 305." What to do for a patient whose history shows that there is a danger of coronary attack? "The current accent on the avoidance of overexertion is some what misplaced, and in most cases, except those with severe heart-muscle damage, avoidance of emotional stress is more im portant." Or, as Dr. Cathcart put it for his professional audience: "A useful anticoagulant is peace of mind...
...been signed today, terminating your sentence of imprisonment." On hearing the news, Allmendingen's Bu germeister promptly closed the village school and marched the children, town councilors and teachers up to the castle for an official "Welcome Home" for the old (65) soldier. As a band oompahed Im Schdnsten Wiesengrnmde (In the Beautiful Meadow), Manstein, sallow and strained, took a bouquet of lilacs and tulips from the kiddies and said: "We hope for the reconciliation of all peoples and for unification of Europe." It was the eighth anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender...
...King was already an old one. Some scholars say that Dr John Bull wrote it in 1619; others insist that t was written by the Scottish composer James Oswald in 1742. As far as Smith was concerned however, the tune was a German one-Prussia's Heil Dir im Siegerkranz...
Business and labor alike evolved a new philosophy: each could gain a bigger slice of a bigger pie by more intelligent cooperation. Labor, which once fought technological change, came to see that im proved machinery raised real wages by raising man-hour output and lowering costs and prices. Industry, which once fought unionization, came to see that un ions themselves could help boost productivity, and that good morale among work ers could release great untapped energies. This new philosophy reached its most dramatic fruition in a revolutionary contract which General Motors' President Charlie Wilson made with the United Auto...