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...funeral pyre. Enlightened British rule put a legal end to the practice of suttee (widow suicide), but the widow's lot has remained a poor one. Under Hindu laws, widows are not permitted to wear jewelry, bright clothing, makeup. They cannot attend wedding or birthday celebrations. Under strict laws of inheritance dating back 3,000 years, a Hindu's property is strictly entailed, passing from father to son over the generations and bypassing the women entirely. If a Hindu widow's son or grandson proves ungenerous, she has no recourse but to beg on the streets...
...principle of strict nonsectarianism could be used with greater effectiveness in seeking support from Jews. By making Brandeis a showcase of democracy, Sachar could appeal to the tendency of Jews to want to illustrate that when they are in the majority, they will practice the same principles of religious freedom by which they benefit in society--an obligation of justification...
What has happened in cotton clearly illustrates the ineffectiveness of high, rigid supports even when they are coupled with strict acreage controls. Because the U.S. was supporting (guaranteeing to buy) cotton at 90% of parity, this put a price floor under the world market. Undersold in foreign markets by cheaper cotton grown abroad, undersold at home by cheaper synthetics, U.S. cotton piled up in Government warehouses. To continue getting supports at 90%, cotton farmers last year voted to reduce their acreage by 12% and to market no more cotton than they could grow on the reduced acreage. But then they...
Later at Downing Street, packed from end to end by a curious and curiously quiet crowd, the official talks began under strict wraps "to encourage Russian frankness." That night at No. 10, Prime Minister Eden gave a banquet, at which Britain's great appeared in "lounge suits" in deference to their guests' limited wardrobe. B. & K. came in voluminous gabardine topcoats over grey suits. But the hit of the evening was Sir Winston Churchill, pink and beaming at the old familiar door, waving a cigar and giving a V sign. Bulganin gave a jovial speech in which...
...into sticky fighting against the Arabs. Foucauld tossed Mistress Mimi aside, wangled reinstatement, and made a gallant name for himself. He never went back to his foie gras and champagne. Instead, at 29. he returned to the church, joined the Trappists, then decided that the Trappist austerities were not strict enough. He went to Nazareth where he became a handyman, living in harsh poverty, with fasting and prayer. His superiors were soon treating him as a living saint. Ordained (1901), Foucauld went to live among the Arabs of North Africa, who respected him as a holy...