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...punctured eardrums (from ears boxed underwater) were common. A missing player could usually be found floating face down. Today, although the pace has quickened and rules have been tightened, water polo is still rugged. Says one A.A.U. oldtimer: "This is the only body-contact sport in which the rules forbid body contact...
...scandal and a shame, but it is nothing new-even Jesus had to deal with it. One day his disciples found a stranger casting out devils in Jesus' name and warned him to quit, on the ground that "he followeth not with us." Christ rebuked them. "Forbid him not," he said, "for he that is not against us is for us'1 (Luke...
Specifically, the department asked Federal Judge Oren R. Lewis to: 1) prohibit the State of Virginia from making public funds available to public schools anywhere in the state until Prince Edward County complies with the court order; 2) forbid the use of public funds for the maintenance of "private" schools in the county; and 3) force state and county officials to maintain a public-school system in Prince Edward. The suit, marking the first time the U.S. Government has sought to enter a desegregation case as a plaintiff, was a sharp reminder of the Kennedy Administration's determination...
...young colored girl dreams of the party, a sop to her people really, which the white administrator of the province has organized. It promises only a false happiness, but her mother wants her to have one night and one dress she can remember. When her militant father and brother forbid her to accept the invitation, something more human and complex than even the color bar takes over...
Closed Case. To the Katangese, that closed the case. "I forbid the United Nations to take positions in this matter,"said Munongo, adding by way of explanation that the U.N. had never concerned itself about Sacco and Vanzetti, the Rosenbergs, Caryl Chessman, Draja Mikhailovich or King Feisal. As for any J.K. investigation, Katanga President Moise Tshombe snapped: "I couldn't give a damn...