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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Givhan's statements against the Negroes can and should be taken as an insult to the virtue of the white women of the South . . . When are the gallant Southern gentlemen going to learn that the color of the skin is no criteria of the purity of the heart? Isn't it about time that this misguided section of the country quit dragging its feet and pay more than mere lip service to the ideals of our Constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 17, 1955 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...know that . . . its physicians are not servants of their patients-but, primarily, of the bookkeeping of the plan. It isn't the condition of his patient that dictates the time and care the doctor devotes to the sufferer; it's the red and black of the plan's economics . . . .[That] isn't the kind of medicine I'd pick for my family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Backyard or Garage? | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...Tracy), brought Stainless into his Scarlet O'Neil strip because he was tired of straight adventure comics, now makes $40,000 a year. In the dead-serious world of comic-strip nerves, Cartoonist Stamm has a simple reason for Stainless' popularity: "His saving grace is that he isn't deadly serious like most heroes. He's got a sense of humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Stainless Texan | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

...when Jerusalem's Hanukkah lights had flickered out, few believed that the peace would last. Many Sabbath drivers took the precaution of marking their cars with the Shield of David-the symbol of the Jewish Red Cross that marks doctors' cars. "Even with a Magen David one isn't safe," said one driver, "but at least one is safer." The orthodox leader, Rabbi Blau, however, deplored the violence. "If I had my way," he said, "every Jew who wishes to stand up against what he believes to be a desecration of his faith would demonstrate with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Hanukkah in Jerusalem | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

Manhattan publishers worried little about any possible loss in prestige. But they were deeply concerned about the continuing slide in profits. Said Daily News President F. M. Flynn, boss of the nation's biggest (circ. 2,039,799) and one of the richest U.S. papers: "Anyone who isn't concerned is living in a dream world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Trouble in New York | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

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