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...dike had already been breached many times. Even when Herman Talmadge was governor, Georgia Tech's 1953 team played a Notre Dame team which had Negroes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Armageddon to Go | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

...regents. "The battle is joined. We cannot make the slightest concession to the enemy in this dark and lamentable hour of struggle. There is no more difference in compromising the integrity of race on the playing field than in doing so in the classrooms. One break in the dike and the relentless seas will rush in and destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Armageddon to Go | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

Because of a backward policy in its technical aid relations with Egypt, the State Department, like the little Dutch boy, was only able to plug up the hold in its dike last week at the last minute. If the Russians begin to make such holes more often, Secretary of State Dulles may soon find himself running out of fingers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mid-East Muddle | 10/25/1955 | See Source »

...year civilian superiors (not yet selected) and a general 30% to 50% cut in armedforces publicity staffs. Except for the details in his orders, Wilson was not acting on his own; he was ordered by President Eisenhower to plug the leaks in the Pentagon's information dike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Iron Curtain in the Pentagon | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

...encouraging to see college administrators trying to lay the groundwork for a dike in advance of the flood. But at the same time, it appears that many colleges are attempting to throw the initial responsibility back to the student. While the colleges' problem may be understandable, their solution is unfair. They have scoured the hinterlands trying to intensify interest in their campuses, and thus, in a sense, have themselves created the problem of multiple applications. The high school student from Iowa often is no longer content to attend the state university. He feels, instead, that he should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Applying a Solution | 11/4/1954 | See Source »

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