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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rich purple or Turkey red; at fiestas they wear necklaces made from old U.S. five-to 50-dollar gold pieces. Easy-laughing, they are honest, independent and, as the bulging-eyed gringo tourist who has seen the unabashed Tehuanas bathing in the river can testify, painstakingly clean. Inhibitions hardly exist, as even their superstitions show: if a man feels an overwhelming urge to smack a girl's bottom, Tehuanas think he'd better do it, rather than restrain himself and thus make the girl the victim of his covetous evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Bali Ha'i-By-the-River | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...Fear itself is corrosive. Fear and freedom cannot co-exist....I am deeply disturbed when I encounter American citizens of blameless character and unquestioned loyalty who confess they fear to enter a debate or take a position not in conformity with the views of certain political leaders, because of the fancied danger they will be thought suspect...

Author: By George S. Abrams, | Title: Symington Says Fear May Curtain America's Freedom | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

...Freedom," Symington stated, "means non-conformity. Freedom cannot exist unless it is exercised. It cannot survive unless it is supported by a courageous nation of courageous individuals...

Author: By George S. Abrams, | Title: Symington Says Fear May Curtain America's Freedom | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

...colleges, including Colorado and Brooklyn, have abolished left wing groups, this is the first instance on record of students themselves trying to do so. The President of the University, the Wisconsin Board of Regents, and the student council have repeatedly said the LYL chapter has a right to exist as long as it kept within the law. Wisconsin's Daily Cardinal said the YGOP had "grossby violated universally accepted principles of free discussion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Young Republicans Try to Drive L. Y. L. Off Wisconsin Campus | 6/10/1953 | See Source »

Harry Truman, dapper in a new grey suit and two-tone sport shoes, marched at the head of the Independence, Mo., Memorial Day parade and paid a tribute to the men who "have given their lives to make it possible for the Republic to exist." He confirmed reports that he is considering a trip to Washington late this month. He did not expect to drop in for a chat with President Eisenhower, Truman said. "I'm not planning to see anybody I don't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 8, 1953 | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

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