Word: account
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...Rodin) has a small plaster statue inscribed "In Memory of Mary Turner as a Silent Protest Against Mob Violence." Mary Turner, whose crime was that of vocally protesting the lynching of her innocent husband, was in turn lynched by a mob in Georgia on May 7, 1918. The standard account continues: "Mary Turner was pregnant and was hung by her feet. Gasoline was thrown on her clothing and it was set on fire. Her body was cut open and her infant fell to the ground with a little cry, to be crushed to death by the heel...
...Cambridge Public Library was done by Negroes. This is the same Higginson who was graduated from Harvard in 1841 and from 1862 to 1864 was the colonel in command of the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States. Among his extensive literary output was an account of his Civil War experiences and observations, Army Life in a Black Regiment, a magnificent classic that was recently reprinted in paperback; and he was the first to encourage Emily Dickinson, whose poetry he eventually edited...
...Frills. After Douglas' defeat last fall, Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire became the bill's chief sponsor. More flexible than his old friend and mentor, Proxmire facilitated passage by agreeing to exempt smaller transactions under the revolving-charge-account systems used by many department stores. The stores will still be able to state their "service charge" on unpaid balances as 1½% a month-instead of the pause-giving figure of 18% a year. Transactions in which the annual credit cost is less than $10 would be excluded, along with loans exceeding $25,000, and all first mortgages...
...already begun. A twelve-week-old strike in the rubber industry spread last week to Goodyear, the only major company that was still untouched (though Goodrich and General Tire reached tentative agreement on a contract). At the same time, a strike hit the copper industry, affecting eight companies that account for more than 80% of the nation's output. In a small but violent dispute (at least 20 people injured), workers walked off the job at Virginia's Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.-the first general strike at the world's largest shipyard. Meanwhile, the possibility...
...could very well have been a boy, and the story would still have been perfectly valid. Kilty has chosen to play up the conflict of the generations--it's the teenagers versus their uncomprehending elders, who have made a mess of the world and deserve to be called to account. It is clear that Kilty has on his mind such things as our peace marchers, draft-card burners, and Berkeley protestudents. There is a 1967 ring about Antigone's outburst (in Lewis Galantiere's generally viable but not wholly satisfactory translation): "I want everything of life...