Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Georgia's Governor Marvin Griffin and ex-Governor Herman Talmadge. Cried Griffin: "Comingling of the races in Georgia state parks and recreation areas will not be permitted or tolerated ... I can make the clear declaration that the state will get out of the park business before allowing a breakdown in segregation in the intimacy of the playground." Said Talmadge: "I think the court of last resort is the people, and if the people don't comply, there's little they can do about it. It will probably mean the end of most public golf courses, playgrounds...
...nothing personal in it-if Arthur got fired, I'd hire him"). The human interest touches are usually emotional. Sullivan presented Helen Hayes shortly after the tragic polio death of her 19-year-old daughter, Mary MacArthur; Broadway Director Josh Logan (South Pacific), who had suffered a breakdown, spoke feelingly on Ed's show about the problems of mental health. Observes Ed: "It's things like these that people remember about a show, things that touch their emotions. They're far more important than the acts...
...their posture toward Republican Eisenhower, the Democrats, while standing ready to exploit any breakdown in his popularity, had devoted their efforts toward maintaining control of Congress, mostly by trying to show that they could get along better with Ike than could his fellow Republicans. This was an abnormal political relationship-now ended. The strong possibility that the President will not run again is an obvious cue for the Democrats to return to a more normal, and more aggressive, pattern of inter-party behavior...
...companies such as Milwaukee's Line Material Co.,. which devotes an inside cover each issue to employees' complaints and answers. General Electric runs columns of answers to employees' questions on company problems and policies. Republic Steel uses its house organ to give employees a graphic breakdown of profits, has backed it up with a do-it-yourself picture story on cutting costs. Some corporations, such as Westinghouse and Standard Oil Co. of Ohio, regularly devote space to broad economic and political questions, e.g., private v. public power...
Janet began the experiment by engaging in conversation with her "victim" and after a week concluded that Dora needed only a little "understanding". She had discovered, among other things, that in high school Dora had had a nervous breakdown because of family problems...