Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the 1960 census, Hawaii would be entitled to two House members by reason of her population and size...
...President Truman's veto) decided that in 1920 the national elements in the Melting Pot had reached the proper mixture, and decreed a quota system of immigration whereby the number of aliens admitted from each country was proportional to the national origins of the population according to the 1920 census...
...compare the life of the average undergraduate today with 40 years ago, I think that he spends a larger part of the total day on studies and does a much better job. (Incidentally, census figures show a very large rise in the percentage of students on the labor market.) He is less interested in the spectacular sports and participates to a greater degree in sports. He is much more interested in the visual arts and, certainly as compared to the thirties' much less interested in politics. On the whole, I would say he makes better use of his time than...
...Trough. Stocky (5 ft. 8 in., 180 Ibs.), gracious Wilbur Mills has a first-rate fiscal mind, is a Rayburn protege, ranks high on the list of possible future Speakers. But he is in a dangerous political situation: with Arkansas due to lose two Representatives after the 1960 census. Mills cannot risk being gerrymandered out of Congress by a legislature under the segregationist thumb of Governor Orval Faubus. Mills therefore has recently taken a strong segregationist position, this year masterminded the disputed House seating of Little Rock Segregationist Dale Alford, won respect for his political footwork, lost points...
Brazilian spiritism has its European origins as well. Inspired by the lore of mediums and table-rapping in the books of Frenchman Allan Kardec, the Brazilian Spiritual Federation was founded 74 years ago, now claims 3,600 centers throughout the country. In the 1950 census some 900,000 Brazilians declared themselves spiritists, but best estimates are that about 10 million of Brazil's 61 million population now indulge in the cults. One, the Confederação Espirita da Umbanda, claims, in Rio alone, more than 1,000 centers, known as terreiros (earth places...