Word: crow
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several professors yesterday agreed the Supreme Court's refusal to review a lower court decision prohibiting segregation of Negroes on railway cars was a small step--but a step forward, at any rate--in the fight against Jim Crow laws in the South...
...very pleased to see you here," the professor began, through an interpreter. "It shows your interest in hybrid corn . . ." BOOM! went the crow-chaser. The professor went on with his lecture...
...Neither hen nor lion had much to crow about. A year of Conservative government had seen no sensational improvements. Britain was still plagued by shortages. Its defense program was drastically cut and far behind its goals. Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. ("Rab") Butler reported that Britain was now out of the red at last, thanks to a favorable trade balance of ?24 million ($67 million) for the first half of 1952, but his shining news was tarnished by an unexpectedly large internal budget deficit of ?293 million. Nevertheless it was Butler's honestly stated mixture of good...
...looked possible. Anthony Eden, freshly back from his chat with Yugoslavia's Tito, with his new bride at his side, was cozily reassuring about the global future. "We have gone ahead at a pretty good jog-trot," he said. It remained for the top Tory himself to crow the loudest...
...latter Fund was on the C.C. list the year before, and at that time some students had protested because its group fostered segregation. "It is apparent that the Council purposely changed the name of the Jim Crow Weed this year to deceive students," the club fumed...