Word: americas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...early beacon of black culture in America, W.E.B...
...idea for the book originated with Jesuit Priest Walter M. Abbott ten years ago-four years before the Supreme Court decision-while he was an editor of America. Work began in 1961 after Father Abbott had been joined by Dr. Rolfe Lanier Hunt, a Methodist educator, the Rev. J. Carter Swaim, a Biblical scholar and Presbyterian pastor, and Rabbi Arthur Gilbert, now dean of the Jewish Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia...
While it is difficult to predict what Forsyte's fate will be in America, it deserves to gather a coterie of faithful followers. The series is a stylish and fast-paced portrayal of Victorian morals and manners as evidenced by one fascinating family. On one hand, it is gripping, dramatic and highly believable. On the other, it is totally entertaining, thus ably and artistically showing what television can do when it sets its standards high...
Proposals for a four-day working week have a familiar ring, but last week shorter hours for the same pay became a more likely prospect for the 1970s. I. W. Abel, president of the United Steelworkers of America, served notice that the shorter week will top the list of his union's demands in 1971 contract negotiations. The 32-hour week, he said, would create more jobs and improve productivity by reducing fatigue...
...industrial workers; he spurred agrarian reform by deeding 30 million acres to the peasants, and under his aegis tourism became a $500 million-a-year business. As an internationalist, López Mateos courted heads of state and led Mexico in the campaign for a nuclear-free Latin America; in 1963, he negotiated the return to Mexico of the 437 acres of El Chamizal strip near El Paso, Texas, ending a century-old border dispute with...