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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exhibit stays up much longer, the pressure of alumni sentiment will probably make it as permanent a fixture as Memorial Hall. Lamont librarians must act fast in removing it; its benign presence is fast becoming as pernicious a part of the library's spell as the bright oak wood-work and the hum of the fluorescent lights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plate Glass Perpetuity | 10/24/1957 | See Source »

...aspiring artists, sculptors, and designers, who are attempting not only to display examples of their work in the Harvard-Radcliffe community, but also to voice a need for greater attention to creative activity, "to show that in spite of the prevailing prestige value of the Critical Outlook the creative act exists also, and should be recognized...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: Portfolio | 10/22/1957 | See Source »

...refusing to review a decision holding unconstitutional the state's 1956 Pupil Placement Act, cornerstone of the massive resistance framework...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Supreme Court Upholds Decision Against Virginia Segregation Act; Turkey Accepts Mediation Offer | 10/22/1957 | See Source »

...Pupil Placement Act removed from local school boards and division superintendents all power to assign pupils, and placed it in the hands of a state board...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Supreme Court Upholds Decision Against Virginia Segregation Act; Turkey Accepts Mediation Offer | 10/22/1957 | See Source »

Judge Hoffman, in holding the Pupil Placement Act unconstitutional, said it provided no adequate remedy for Negroes seeking admission to white schools because of what he described as "the fixed and definite policy of school authorities with respect to segregation...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Supreme Court Upholds Decision Against Virginia Segregation Act; Turkey Accepts Mediation Offer | 10/22/1957 | See Source »

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