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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Far more disturbed by the new words than by the old things they signify, nationalists and lingual purists have long resisted the verbal invasion, to less & less avail. Last week, admitting defeat on the spoken front, a group called the Commission for the Preservation of Spanish launched a last-ditch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Emparedados | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

The law states that all foreign-language posters and signs must include-in bigger type-a Spanish translation. Offenders are subject to a fine of $2.50 a day per sign. To businessmen who have festooned Panama with such slogans as Royal Crown Cola's "Best by Taste-Test," strict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Emparedados | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Shipping. The U.S. Maritime Commission gave the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. the go-ahead to build the biggest liner ever constructed in a U.S. shipyard, a 48,000-tonner to cost $70,373,000 (TIME, Aug. 2). The Government will put up $42 million in subsidies and for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Among "unfair educational practices" the bill lists: denial of admission through the quota system; written or oral inquiries concerning the applicant's race, religion, color or national origin. Under the measure a commission would be set up to investigate all discriminatory practices in schools and colleges; after complaint by an...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate 133 | 4/15/1949 | See Source »

In defense of the measure, witnesses stated that there is a need in the state for this law, not so much for the liberal arts colleges as for graduate, professional, and secretarial schools; here discrimination may mean not only loss of an education, but also loss of job opportunities. Proponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate 133 | 4/15/1949 | See Source »

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