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...observed that Negroes will flock to work-and work just as hard-for a farmer who is known to be unfair and cruel as for a kind and honest one. His explanation: almost every Negro suspects in his heart that all white men are alike, that all will rob and deceive him, no matter what their conduct seems...
...favored because they thumped the Varsity 82 to 27 in an indoor meet this winter, and because they finished second to NYU in the indoor IC4A meet at New York. They have a pair of IC4A champions in shot-putter Jim Fuchs and hurdler George Cook, plus a flock of other "name" athletes...
...years, Bostonians had come to boast of their Russian-born conductor as their grandparents once boasted of Emerson or Dr. Holmes. He was a welcome autocrat at any Brahmin table, and when his concerts were over, Boston dowagers liked to flock backstage to kiss and be kissed on both cheeks...
This year Elliott is planting alfalfa, clover, oats and corn, enough to fatten 100 steers a year. He has built up his flock of chickens until they are producing 1,700 eggs a day, and plans to add turkeys and capons. Along with the milk, cream and butter from 45 Guernseys, the eggs and chickens are sold to wholesalers in nearby towns...
Read Them & Laugh. The letter read: "Don't you think it is about time you gave a sermon to your flock about the disgraceful scandal mongering and backbiting by members of your church, especially your warden's wife. She has not a good word for anybody who does not fall with her. She should remember that she is ... at best only a washerwoman and not too clean at that. She thinks she and her poor half-witted man own the church. . . . You poor mutt. . . . You [and your wife] are a bright couple of spiving gluttons...