Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Those still without bids tonight at 10 p.m. will be classified as "hundred percenters." Bicker officials hope that there will be no one in this category and that, if there are some, they will be absorbed amicably by the various clubs. It has been reported that the 16 clubs Bickering have agreed to accept one "hundred percenter" each, if the number stays below...
...alone in the vestibule. With me were no less than 17 other visitors, all more important than I. So I decided to try a desparate strategem. I entered the bedroom, closed the door behind me, and stalked into the inner chamber. "Fidel," I declared, in a voice that I hope sounded convincing, "my plane back to the states leaves in exactly one hour. (It actually was to leave the next morning.) May I have just five minutes of your time...
...sequence of last month's events in Virginia may encourage the southern moderates who wish to comply with the Supreme Court decision of 1954 and who want to keep their schools open rather than battle at Armageddon. Moderates in Atlanta and Charleston and other centers can draw hope from the Virginia integration that the last-ditch, education-be-damned resistance of the Faubus camp may one day be overcome...
...hope the letter will insure that anyone using the PBH housing list will not encounter discriminatory practices," Sarbanes asserted. He added that there have been no complaints since the required non-discriminatory policy went into effect...
...radiant halo "which looked as though it might have been cut out of fairly stiff cardboard." His wife is socially embarrassed, for "she thought it more important to be esteemed by her concierge than by her Creator." A dutiful husband, Duperrier cultivates the seven deadly sins in the hope of losing the halo. Matters reach a hilariously poignant pitch when Duperrier blushingly prepares for lust by reading the latest sex manuals aloud. At story's end, he is a prostitute's pimp, but the nimbus of light still rings his head. The highly orthodox moral: the unmerited gift...