Word: digging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First: drain the mud before the arrival of the bulldozer. There was one family which had a front yard large enough to dig a drainage pit in. The dona da casa (woman of the house) thought it would be all right...
...insult to the secondary education system and to the kind of student who gets into Yale." Jean Basehore, studying independently at Allegheny, finds that "now I'm reading more, pushing myself more to satisfy my own curiosity." Colorado College's Faith Hughes contends that "If I dig things out myself, I understand them better...
...female work ers, mugged in an apartment corridor, neglected to tell police that her assailant was a Negro-"for fear," writes Farmer, "of indicating prejudice." Now, he notes, CORE is in a "mood ebony," and he quotes a man as telling him, "Brother Farmer, we've got to dig being black." No black nationalist, Farmer digs it nonetheless. "We are not so worried if we get to be known as Negroes," he writes. We are desegregationists, not necessarily integrationists." To the question posed by his book's title, he replies that freedom will not be now-not only...
...African, and Frisian books. About ten per cent of these jackets escape immediate oblivion and go to his home for more critical scrutiny. Since Harvard College Librarian Keyes D. Metcalf decided in 1948 to preserve only the works of "outstanding and recognized artists" for the Harvard collection, Kleist must dig into reference books to establish the reputation of designers...
...goals for 1966 are relatively modest. The campaign will center on four priority areas (see map). Ky hopes to clear and hold 900 new hamlets, consolidate government control in 1,000 already cleared villages, build 2,251 new classrooms, 568 miles of road, 57 dams, 148 bridges, and dig 118 miles of canal. Equally important is training more cadres, and that will take time. At present there are 22,838 trained men and women in the field, and by year's end, another 20,000 or so will join them. But at least 440,-000 will be required...