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Word: kingdoms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twelve nations are signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Determined to "safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples," they resolved to "unite their efforts for . . . the preservation of peace and security." The treaty runs for 20 years. Its two critical articles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: TO SAFEGUARD FREEDOM | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Father Divine was having worldly troubles. The Negro-owned picture magazine, Our World, sued him for $105,000, charging that he had made "scandalous, malicious and untrue statements" about the magazine owners after they had published an article exposing the "seams of his cracking kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Brimming Cup | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

...many of the King's subjects the King's golf is something to groan over rather than cheer about. It opens a revealing little window on the controversial, headstrong personality whose possible return to the throne has put the Kingdom of the Belgians in a constitutional dither and a cabinet deadlock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: A Perfect Golfer | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...Practical Kingdom. The argument over Leopold's return, his taste in wives and golf partners, has nothing to do with the kingship as such. Belgians overwhelmingly want their monarch. A practical people, they know that he serves a very practical purpose-the symbolic link binding them together as a nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: A Perfect Golfer | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...living,giant,all,in,little,pieces, Out, of,death's,kingdom,into,shine- My, dark,hero, out, of, death's,answers, My, deep,hero, out, of,death's,mirrors: My,living,brilliant,my,living,garnet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Danger, Poet at Work | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

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