Word: prophetic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first half of the 20th century, observed Eisenhower, brought forth destructive conflicts that threatened the very base of Western civilization. "It seems almost as if the nations of the West have been, for decades, blindly enacting parts in a drama that could have been written by Lenin, prophet of militant Communistic expansion. This pattern of events, which points so surely to disaster, can be changed if only the peoples of the West have the wisdom to make a complete break with many things of the past and show a willingness to do something new and challenging...
...like Communism, was near enough to its adversary in its preachments to confuse many good people. Liberals who confused democracy and Communism during the '303 can take comfort from the fact that Dante, writing The Divine Comedy 700 years after Mohammed's death, still mistakenly placed the prophet among the Christian "sowers of schism...
Since 1912, French Morocco has been a "protectorate" (a colony in everything but name). The nominal ruler is the Sultan, a descendant of the Prophet, who has fluorescent lights in his palace at Rabat. Actually, however, the French administrator (who is tactfully called the Resident General and not the governor) dictates Morocco's laws and handles its foreign policy...
...perching cheerfully on top of the coats & hats. Others helped themselves to the open bottles of Scotch, bourbon and rye on the dresser, or dug into the communal paper buckets of chop suey, chicken and egg rolls on the table. Looming above the pandemonium, with the air of a prophet who has just been slugged by a vigorous vision, was Candidate Estes Kefauver. He moved slowly through the throng, sipping a Scotch highball, dropping an affectionate long arm around shoulder after shoulder, and murmuring fervently: "I certainly did appreciate your help...
...Prophet Amos is not properly appreciated. "There are only nine chapters in the Bible on Amos, but Amos says as much in those few chapters as Isaiah did in 66 chapters." Besides, "Amos was interested in the welfare of the average...