Word: incidentally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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As the facts emerge from the fog of rumor surrounding the now-notorious episode of the lacrosse team at Annapolis, three things appear definite. First, it is self-evident that the Naval Academy was primarily at fault for its discrimination against colored athletes, a symptom of its prejudiced attitude toward...
The whole incident was of course couched in honeyed, diplomatic terms. One of the officials offered the gratuitous advice, "We really treat the negroes pretty well down here, you know. Why, I even have one working around the house." And without fail, every one of the officials prefaced his remarks...
The implications of the incident are all too obvious. Annapolis officials ought to have been reminded that Harvard is not accustomed to having such alternatives offered to it by any man, even if he is one of the three full admirals in the United States Navy. Moreover, those officials here...
* The incident reminded many people of a 1937 scandal, when a Southern chemical company mixed sulfanilamide with diethylene glycol (a material used in anti-freeze solutions), sent it to drugstores without making adequate tests. From drinking the poisonous combination, at least 73 people died.
Day before the student outbreak was the time for riots, if there were to be any. That day was the third anniversary of Mexico's expropriation of foreign-owned oil properties, celebrated in Mexico as a national holiday. Usually an excuse for demonstrations against Yankee imperialism, the day passed...