Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Robert C. Lasch '54 won the $160 Philip Washburn Prize "for the best thesis, of sufficient merit, on an historical subject." His thesis was entitled, "Imperialism and the Independents: a Conflict of Allegiance...
...officially scheduled to teach History 61b for only one year, since the department has not yet decided who will give the course in 1956. He will also give a graduate seminar, History 271, which will cover the Civil War and sectional conflict in American History...
...validated the statement that the struggle between the Arab and Israeli "is a conflict of right with right" and justified the Israeli right "because 4,000 years ago the narrow strip of Palestine became the cradle of their culture and religion...
...represents the legal recognition of a very simple fact: segregation is as outmoded as denying the vote to women. The Second World War and the recent Korean conflict only served to hasten what many people considered inevitable. "Separate but equal" has never been more than a written phrase, and the Court has finally ruled that it can no longer be used as the foundation of a second-class citizenship. That yesterday's decision is more than merely an opinion of individuals is shown by the unanimity of a body whose majority in the recent past has been fundamentally conservative...
...needed both unity and constructive thought to win that election," wrote Morrison. "Instead, we were afflicted with trouble over the so-called Bevanites. Now," Morrison went on, coldly referring at all times to his opponent as "Mr. A. Bevan," "we have had the open conflict on the front bench followed by his resignation from the parliamentary committee." Once again, thanks to Mr. A. Bevan, concluded Morrison, "cheerfulness has returned to the Tory benches; depression and annoyance have descended upon ours. Why should a number of labor parties in marginal and difficult constituencies be so eager to support damaging foolishness...