Word: daybreaks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Joyous Daybreak." The next night 10,000 Negroes jammed two of Montgomery's largest churches and adjacent streets to savor their triumph. Appearing before each group in turn was the spiritual architect of that triumph, the Rev. Dr. King. He was too wise to be triumphant; he read to each congregation a statement that should loom large in the Negro's long, patient fight for equality...
...going with the faith that in our struggle we had cosmic companionship, and that, at bottom, the universe is on the side of justice. [The Supreme Court's decision was] a revelation of the eternal validity of this faith, [and] came to all of us as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of enforced segregation in public transportation...
...Armada in 1588, dashing France off Cape Trafalgar in 1805, ushering in Pax Britannica with its Mediterranean life line-Gibraltar, Malta, Suez-and its rich markets for the Industrial Revolution. "Talk of fun!" Winston Churchill cried beside the Nile. ''Where will you beat this? On horseback, at daybreak, within shot of an advancing army, seeing everything...
...Marks the Spot. After the speech, Stevenson and Rayburn drove to Johnson's ranch, arriving shortly before midnight. By next daybreak, reporters and cameramen had already begun to gather on the front lawn. At 7 a.m., Lyndon Johnson emerged, and conducted newsmen on a tour that included the house where he was born, his first school, and the family cemetery. On a vacant plot next to the graves of his grandparents, Johnson marked an "X" with his foot. "Sixty days ago," he said, "that's where I thought I was going...
...peaceably anchored at a port in southern Argentina. The rebels threatened to bombard the capital unless Perón gave up the office of President. That night, roving wardens enforced a panicky blackout in downtown Buenos Aires, cutting wires and ripping out connections where they found lights on. At daybreak, observers in Uruguay counted 21 rebel warships in the Plate, including two elderly battleships with 12-in. guns and two modern 6-in.-gun cruisers (formerly the U.S. Navy's Boise and Phoenix...