Word: impetuses
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...THIS YEAR'S ECONOMY. "The auto industry swings with the cycle, but moves beyond it. It can give impetus to the cycle on the upswing when we have an attractive product, but it cannot provide much upward pressure during a downswing just because the product is attractive. Motor vehicle sales indicate to us that consumer confidence is now at a high level. For these reasons, I am quite optimistic concerning the business outlook for the remainder of the year...
...Impetus. Birmingham's Negroes for years were unable to get together. Until recently, their only voice seemed to be that of Fred Shuttlesworth, now 40, a Baptist minister whose stubborn courage was sometimes mitigated by his fondness for melodrama. Shuttlesworth threw himself against Birmingham's segregation barriers with predictable results: he has been arrested 20 times since 1958, suffered four bad beatings, and his home has been bombed. Now the pastor of a Cincinnati church, Shuttlesworth still spends much of his time in Birmingham, where he is currently involved in 27 court cases...
...Shuttlesworth's efforts, Birmingham remains almost totally segregated. Yet now, at least, the cause has become common. The impetus came from the Negro students of tiny, unaccredited Miles College on the outskirts of town. Protesting the segregation and lack of Negro employment opportunities in Birmingham department stores, the students last month began to avoid Birmingham stores and go to nearby Tuscaloosa instead. They urged other Birmingham Negroes to forget new duds, to "wear old clothes for freedom," and to shop from mailorder catalogues. Anywhere else, the movement would be known as a boycott. But Alabama law specifically outlaws boycotts...
...more Harvard tallies came in the top of the ninth. There were two base-hits this time--by Gilmor and Diehl--but the impetus for the rally came from a Terrier fumble and three walks...
...main impetus for the African programs that exist today came the National Defense Education 1958, which established four Language and Area Centers Duquesne, and Michigan universities, and at U.C.L.A...