Word: equality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shouldn't a Negro be Vice President or even President of the United States, if he is capable of the job? . . . Aren't we supposed to be living in a country where men are equal and have the same opportunities...
...weapons can be so popular and plausible a cause that no Government could afford to miss it. Its underlying fallacies may be summarised as follows: Armaments are relative, not absolute. If Powers A and B reduce their armaments by, say, 10 per cent, their relative strengths, other things being equal, would remain the same. There would be no gain in terms of security. No limitation of armaments, whether at existing level or at an agreed lower level, is practicable, because the ratios between the Powers are inconstant. If A and B agree to limit their armaments, the real ratio will...
...deprived of any of the dubious delights of family comedy. Bob is also a Hollywood photographer, which permits him to be surrounded by shoals of swooning models as well as a yearning secretary. The plot of the opening show, sponsored by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., was composed of equal parts of slapstick and nonsense, and not even as able a light comedian as Cummings could do much with...
...manager works hard, often serving as an apprentice for a year before he gets a chance to earn his letter. The manager who earns three minor sport letters works just as hard, if not harder, than the manager in a major sport, and we feel that he should get equal recognition...
...French University, which usually requires a college degree from Americans. Yet Harvard students in the past have obtained such special dispensations on their own for a total tuition of $10. Harvard itself, as one of the leading universities in this country, could surely obtain a standing dispensation equal to Sweet briar...