Word: core
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's proposed "cooling-off period" was not a popular idea among those involved in the Freedom Rider movement, CORE spokesmen told a crowd of 300 in the Boston Common yesterday...
...Freedom Riders' trip began as an enterprise sponsored and paid for by the Congress of Racial Equality, an organization headquartered in Manhattan and dedicated to breaking down Southern racial barriers through nonviolent techniques. CORE selected its Freedom Riders from among some 60 volunteers. Assembling in Washington, the group underwent three days of training in CORE methods of meeting violent situations without fighting back. Among the leaders of the Freedom Ride were two white men who have made careers of getting into trouble for causes: New York's James Peck, 46, who spent three years in prison...
Baseman Steve Boros, a $25,000 bonus baby from the University of Michigan, leads the Tigers with a .339 batting average, is a strong candidate for Rookie of the Year. To balance his youngsters, Scheffing relies on a hard core of able, steady Tiger veterans: Outfielder Kaline, Shortstop Chico Fernandez, Pitchers Frank Lary and Don Mossi. For the first time in years, the Tigers have strength to spare. Reserve Outfielder Charley Maxwell hit 24 home runs in 1960, and second-string First Baseman Larry Osborne led the American Association in batting...
...keeps a dozen airplanes on duty. Last week its weather squadron was near Oklahoma City, right in Tornado Alley, and whenever thunder threatened, a highflying, camera-laden U2* soared far above the thunderheads. Supersonic jets, laden with instruments, darted through the fringe of the clouds. Even far from the core they bounced suddenly from 75 m.p.h. updrafts to downdrafts moving just as fast. At the center of a storm, winds of 350 m.p.h. were not uncommon...
...long-term decline. Employment has been growing in the service trades, in white-collar jobs, in finance, insurance, real estate and state and local government. But many who lost out in the factory have been unable or unwilling to make the switchover. The main groups caught in this "hard core" unemployment...