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Word: factly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...world of Paris has shown interest in the work of Henry O. Tanner, an American painter who has done much toward strengthening that high position won for us by Sargent and Whistler. In America, recognition of Tanner's genius has been retarded by the fact that he is a Negro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Methodist in Paris | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...fact that Tanner was able to make a career in a sphere that had known virtually no Negroes marked him as a man of exceptional drive. He was also more fortunate in family background and education than were most U.S. Negroes of the period. Born in 1859, the son of an African Methodist minister, the artist was raised in Philadelphia and attended high school. He became entranced with painting at the age of twelve when he saw a landscapist at work during an outing with his father in Fairmount Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Methodist in Paris | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...they were ashamed, and they sewed fig leaves and clothed themselves. The whole Biblical teaching since then is that people are to dress in modesty. Now that doesn't mean that girls are to wear their dresses down to their ankles. Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman's body is very beautiful. But this emphasis on nudity, which stimulates sensuality-this is what is going to destroy any society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: BILLY GRAHAM: THE SICKNESS OF SODOM | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...simply and directly like a stone to the ground." He adds that "people talk faster than they listen, and you have to give them time to hear what you've said. Clever phrases make slow listening." Andy contends that his veteran colleague Eric Sevareid has discovered that fact only in the past five years and has "improved immeasurably since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Man Behind Harry | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...productivity, as measured by the Commerce Department. As a result, labor costs per unit of output are climbing steadily. Manufacturers are compensating by raising the prices of their products. Thus, even large pay raises have yielded little if anything in added purchasing power. During the last three years, in fact, the purchasing power of the average U.S. worker has done no better than hold steady. Union leaders now feel that they must push for giant wage and benefit increases to keep their members ahead of price boosts. But some are aware that the raises may only give the inflationary spiral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Trying to Earn Enough | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

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