Word: ac
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...been classified in some quarters as a member of an intellectually inferior race. The attitude is not without historical precedent. Segregationists of the U.S. South often quote the Book of Genesis 9:25, which relates that Canaan, the son of Ham-whose skin was believed to be black-is ac cursed throughout time: "A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren." The 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume suspected "Negroes to be naturally inferior to the whites." Several U.S. Presidents, among them Jefferson and Lincoln, shared the same opinion, at least for a while. As long...
...Seven Aspects of Shaw," Part 1. Ac tress-Director-Producer Margaret Webster examines the many facets of G.B.S., read ing excerpts from his Man and Superman, Candida, Mrs. Warren's Profession and Pygmalion. Repeat...
There had been a whole series of ac tions to stave off a strike. When the last postponement ended June 19, the unions pledged not to strike. But a Johnson-proposed bill, imposing a binding settlement if no voluntary accord was reached, got hung up for a month in a Senate-House conference committee. With the matter still unresolved, the Machinists finally walked...
...enemy was so deeply dug into a valley floor that the Marines, despite reinforcements and withering air and artillery strikes, failed to dislodge the Reds in all-day fighting. So, in the dark of night, a Marine assault force stormed in, supported by AC-47 Dragonships. Next morning the sun rose on the bodies of 450 enemy dead littering the valley, at the cost of 54 Marines killed...
...have followed the instructions in Chapter I (How to Get Famous Fast) and Chapter II (How to Stay that Way), you will by now have undertaken the defense of several celebrated ac cused murderers. If you are acceptably brilliant, you will have become famous before 35, as promised on the dust jacket. Unfortunately, regular reliance on the Big Important Trial (BIT, for short) will inevitably cause trouble. Sooner or later, you will take on one or two clients who get convicted. Danger lurks at such a crossroad, but have no fear. It is merely time for aggressive imagination...