Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...administering integration programs "have a federal right to be free from direct and deliberate interference with the performance of their constitutionally imposed duty." In Washington the Justice Department (which had taken the school board's side in the appeal as a "friend of the Court") saw a "nationwide impact" in the hands-off warning to segregationists, believed that the Hoxie suit might well mark a turning point in the integration fight. Reason: by clearly establishing that local officials are entitled to protection from the U.S. courts when they perform duties imposed upon them by the U.S. Constitution, the decision...
...Carrillo Flores looks forward to another, perhaps more modest surplus in the current fiscal year, and also foresees a continuing rise in dollar balance for the rest of 1956. Next year, he predicts, both surplus and dollar credit will level off under the impact of increased spending for imports. Meanwhile, Mexico's main continuing problem will be a nagging inflation, still pushing the cost of living up at the rate of 9% a year...
Instead, the Corporation has urged that the money be used "to add to the net educational impact of the House in any way the Master sees fit." Among the numerous possibilities would be the strengthening of activities in the House, the purchase of needed equipment, and the inviting of distinguished guests...
Under the impact of rationalism and religious competition, reform began. Its first leaders were Ramakrishna (1836-86) and his disciple, Vivekananda (1863-1902). Mystical Ramakrishna, who said he reached union with God through Islam and Christianity as well as Hinduism, presented Vedanta as a religion of direct experience rather than mere traditional observance. Vivekananda injected a new sense of social responsibility by stressing Hinduism's teaching that God is in every man. Mahatma Gandhi (whom Agnostic Nehru once called "terribly Hindu") showed India how practical and effective religion could be even in the field of politics. Nehru carried...
...returns this month from a successful BBC stint loaded with film shot in Europe (including a Paris show with Benny and Maurice Chevalier). In November the U.S. Air Force joins forces with CBS Public Affairs in a 26-part series called Air Power, "the story of flight and its impact on the 20th century." U.S. Steel will bring back Grade Fields, offer a musical version of Tom Sawyer and an adaptation of James Joyce's Dubliners. CBS viewers will also see a new Jackie Gleason show, a Herb Shriner variety program, and about five hours of color every week...