Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that involved the South, where the seeds of a Democratic Party split lie, Stevenson was cautious. What did he have to say about the fact that some Southern states have chosen to circumvent the Supreme Court's school-desegregation ruling? "I don't know that I can comment about that in the abstract. I think the Supreme Court's decision speaks for itself, and I believe that the law should be supported by all of the citizens of the country." When a reporter sought to ask him about the case of Emmett Till, the Negro...
Jordan discredited reports that he had charged Yale tackle Phil Tarasovic with playing "dirty football" when he tackled Crimson fullback Tony Gianelly on the opening kickoff. "Any comment which would detract from the play of both those teams would be out of place as far as I'm concerned," he said...
...Without comment or formal opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court last week tersely ordered public parks, playgrounds and golf courses desegregated. It required fewer than 70 words for the Supreme Court to make two separate rulings, one affirming an appeals court decision against segregation in Maryland parks and playgrounds (including swimming pools), the other reversing lower-court decisions that had upheld segregation on Atlanta golf courses...
University officials would not accept these blanks on the advice of auditors, Lunden said. He did not comment further...
Meanwhile, three other professors who have participated in Stevenson's advisory group--Alvin H. Hansen, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy; Arthur A. Maas, associate professor of Government; and John Kenneth Galbraith, professor of Economics--could not be reached for comment on their roles in the campaign...