Word: aug
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rather amused at Jesuit Father Davis' "distress at what he feels is a Jewish tendency to put Jewish interests before those of the rest of society," incidents of which, he says, "puzzle and at times provoke Catholics" [Aug. 12]. This sell-righteousness does not become an official of a church that has a long record of looking out for its own interests first...
About the TV show The Last Word [Aug. 5]: Is not the popularity of this show a kind of snobbishness in reverse? This excessive concern with grammar and its usage is on the level of whether one should wear this or that color, or use this or that fork, i.e., social insecurity. I have always said "I ain't." The only incorrection is to use the form in other persons: that is, you ain't. Dull people will always speak in a dull manner, whether it is correct...
...about labor corruption, but about economics. Aware of public concern about inflation, Reuther astutely proposed that the big three automobile makers cut prices on 1958 models by $100 or more below 1957 prices, whereupon his union would give "full consideration" to lower company earnings in preparing wage demands (TIME, Aug...
...major force behind the weak civil rights bill passed by the Senate a fortnight ago was the support given it by leaders of such organizations as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Americans for Democratic Action (TIME, Aug. 19). A major reason for last week's agreement on a stronger bill was the angry reaction of Negro leaders against the organizations' capitulation...
...same time for economy and for effective foreign aid. The argument worked: the House cut the mutual-assistance appropriation to $3,191,810,000, about $810 million below the Administration's request and $175 million less than the House's own earlier authorization (TIME. Aug...