Word: core
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still prevented from visiting New York by contempt-of-court citations that could jail him, Powell said that he would not have to campaign anyway. Nevertheless, reinforced by the presence of CORE'S Floyd McKissick, he got in a few licks for the benefit of reporters and TV cameras. "Long before Mr. Meredith was having his diapers changed," he mocked, "I was walking the streets of Harlem on picket lines." Noting that Meredith describes himself as an "independent Democrat," Powell observed that "anybody who is a Democrat running on the Republican ticket has got to be a little tetched...
...Brethren seminary on Chicago's West Side. It has a resident community of 185-105 adults, the rest children and teen-agers-who live together in apartment buildings belonging to the institute. Each couple is given two rooms, plus another room for every two children. The core of the institute is its 20 "permanent members," mostly Protestant clergymen, who have banded together into a corporate ministry. The rest of the community consists of "interns," who spend a year at the institute, and "fellows," who have no definite terms of residence...
Slap in the Face. Few Negroes took Powell's disgrace as calmly as Adam did. CORE's Floyd McKissick called the House vote a "slap in the face to every black man in this country." Ralph Bunche, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin joined in the chorus. At least one Negro who criticized the House for excluding a Negro also condemned Powell for his conduct...
...lucid moment, Author Arnold explains on the dust jacket that "the marrieds are like apples. Some shed their peel, that they may be closer. Others keep their peel but sacrifice their core on the altar of love. Some can live this way. Some-like Gus-are reduced to applesauce." In the abstract sense, right...
...wrapped up when Ashe suddenly rallied to take the third set 6-2, and went on to break Charlito's serve in the first game of the fourth. But Pasarell retaliated by breaking Ashe's serve. And after that, both men held on steadily until, with the core 8-7 and Ashe serving, Charlito rattled off four straight points-the last on a cross-court backhand passing shot that Ashe could only watch go by as he shook his head in frustration...