Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...alignment are most dynamic and the public response most clear-cut, the electoral majorities of the dominant party may be overwhelming. Although long voting habits may keep many who share the new majority viewpoint within the fold of the opposition party, in the beginning that party is commonly the haven for those who reject the new consensus. The leaders of this group secure control of the party machinery and position it vigorously against the views widely accepted by the majority of citizens, thus consigning it to the role of semipermanent opposition...
...Capriccio crowd itself is an uncertain one. On the eve of the opening about three weeks ago, Gene and Pat and Dave threw a big gala open house and many of the folks who made that scene haven't returned for subsequent ones. "What with the Design School, (a segment of which allegedly wants to do something about the graying 'fluid' paintings on the wall), the Greeks, the Bat Club and the Advocate, we have a crazy international gang," Dave notes with understandable pride. "We really aren't looking for the conventional people who don't like our prices. There...
...somebody says something about it-even a friend-and you deny it, they just smile at you." Adds W. M. Turner, a dealer in Selma, Ala.: "The criticism of the whites-and I'm sur prised at some of the intelligent people involved-hurts, and we haven't got the Negro trade, so you can see how it is." Ford efforts to combat the criticism have been less than successful. The Memphis assembly plant, for example, began pasting its car windows with stickers, reading: "Built in the South by Mid-Southerners." One result: the slogan led to such...
...five percent fare increase demanded by Northeastern railroads is a "stupid and inept move," but will probaby get approval, Charles R. Cherington, professor of Government and former consultant for the New Haven Railroad, declared last night...
...Haven does not except to lose revenue by raising prices, according to Howard A. Moulton of the railroad's public relations department. He claimed that most members of the Association of Eastern Railroad Presidents, which submitted the petition, have lost money under the present fare setup...