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...with the highest percentage (45%) of Negro population in the U.S. To win time, J. P. Coleman has set himself as the wedge between White Citizens' Councils and the N.A.A.C.P. "What we need." says Coleman, "is peace and quiet. What happened in Clinton, Tenn. will be like a boil on the side of Mount Everest compared to what could happen in Mississippi." Coleman's strategy-difficult to understand in the North, but bold for the Deep South-is to work for racial peace and quiet. Unlike many of his political predecessors, he refuses to exploit segregation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: The Six-Foot Wedge | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...profits are being cut by the Suez crisis, every American taxpayer ought to boycott the Internal Revenue Service. The injustice of this non-Christian King in all his splendor coming to this Christian country and asking us poor, hard-working American taxpayers for economic aid makes my blood boil! Let him cut down his standard of living so it matches ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 11, 1957 | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

Upon bringing his team to a boil...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Coaching at Harvard: The Narrow Viewpoint | 1/30/1957 | See Source »

...Indians peel and boil a starchy tapioca-type root. Their women then chew the root and spit it out to be fermented for about five days. It's pretty intoxicating when you keep at it for 12 or 14 hours as they do at the festivals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Discovers Ancient Civilization | 1/9/1957 | See Source »

...called "depressions, black as a smith's beard." Praised by his friends for his courage and devotion, he only answered tersely: "I stink in the midst of respect." Only Mary's misfortunes could lessen the pain of his own -which is why a wit named them "Gum Boil and Toothache," each being "a great relief" to the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gum Boil & Toothache | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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