Word: equality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cause of civil rights and racial equality in the United States advanced another short step Monday when the Supreme Court declared that Negroes are entitled to receive in state institutions the same type of educational training accorded to whites and to receive it just as quickly as any other group. The decision was based on the "equal protection" clause of the 14th Amendment...
Henceforth the railway system which handles more passengers than any other in the world would be owned & operated, along with all other public transport, by the British government. For about $4 billion worth of shares, railway shareholders received an equal amount of new gilt-edged securities bearing 3% interest guaranteed by the government; the change was not as bad as many had feared...
Censored dispatches painted a rosy picture of Soviet plenty, but uncerisored reports told a different story. With rationing off, demand up, and Soviet bureaucracy malfunctioning as usual, the supply of bread, butter, eggs and other commodities in the state stores was not enough to equal demand. Stores imposed their own rationing, limiting what customers could buy at one go. Some customers queued & queued to get what they needed. Others adjourned to the peasants' markets, where supply was more plentiful and price ceilings off. Result: peasant market prices soared to three times the controlled prices, and peasants began...
...obvious that the team with the best shooting average, all other factors being fairly equal, wins the contest. Disregarding other factors, it is also true that the quintet which controls the backboards gets the victory...
...wench for the New World." Thomas Gomez, in priestly robes, puts forward a few ill-chosen words in favor of the conquest of Mexico (something a few centuries too soon, for a churchman of imperial Spain, about the happy day when all men, even Indians, will be equal...