Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Said Marshall: "Let me take this opportunity to reaffirm my deep faith in this nation and to pledge that I shall ever be mindful of my obligation to the Constitution and to the goal of equal justice under law." Two days later, Marshall took the oath in a private ceremony conducted by the court's oldest member, Justice Hugo Black, 81, of Alabama...
...made radiation (now equal to half the total of natural radiation) adds up to 55 mR* annually for every American, said Dr. Morgan, and 90% of this comes from diagnostic X rays. At Oak Ridge, where nuclear physicists are so conscious of radiation hazards that they have done everything conceivable to reduce them, the skin exposure from a chest X ray is 10 mR. This low and relatively safe dose can be matched in any well-equipped, properly run X-ray department and it is achieved by qualified personnel in many of the better hospitals. But, said Dr. Morgan...
...Doing away with the stop-and-start movements of the piston engine saves valuable power for a continuous circular movement. The RO 80 will feature two half-liter engines, placed side by side, yet even this will only take up half as much space as a conventional motor of equal power and weigh about two-thirds as much...
...less to be feared than the intangible damage to men's minds. We believe that our thoughts and actions should be directed to the deep-rooted problems of the cities. We believe the American people and the Congress must reorder national priorities, with a commitment of resources equal to the magnitude of the problems-additional civil rights legislation, antipoverty, housing, and job-training programs...
...Flint, Mich., Negro Mayor Floyd J. McCree sadly announced that he was quitting his largely ceremonial, $9.23-a-week post because the city council had voted down an open-housing ordinance. "I'm not going to sit up here and live an equal-opportunity lie," said McCree. Flint (pop. 205,000) was the first major American city to boast a Negro mayor...