Word: civilization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John Ciardi, assistant professor of English, will be among speakers who will express their opinions on racial equality, religious liberty, and political freedom in America at a "Civil Rights" meeting in the auditorium of the Longfollow School tonight...
...group of Cambridge educational, religious, and civic leaders are sponsoring the meeting in response to an officially-proclaimed, state-wide "Civil Rights Week...
...brown scorched dust. Necessary raw materials, except in the relatively prosperous Barcelona section, are virtually non-existent, partly because of Spain's low productivity, and partly because of few favorable trade agreements; mechanical equipment such as tractors is for the far-distant future. Railroad stock, built before the 1936 Civil War, is worn out: trains are the slowest, dirtiest, most uncomfortable in Europe...
...drama is carefully screened), so that the people are kept in ignorance, and can be tuned to official propaganda. Another reason is that the Army is kept large and happy. All bank entrances, sports events, and small gatherings are well attended by Franco's neat, prosperous, green-uniform "Guardia Civil...
...most conspicuous failure of the Congress was its default on two of Truman's favorite items, the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law and civil rights legislation. In both cases, a defection in his own party stymied the President...