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...best of the lot is the much anthologized Kneel to the Rising Sun, a grim and eloquent expression of disgust that ends with another dead Negro. One of the things the author says, without raising his voice, is that men will wince at the torture of a dog and then join a shotgun mob. It is not a story that can be read calmly, but it is written calmly and well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rednecks & Vinegar Sippers | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

...slapped down the potent Visitor. He had not the slightest objection, he announced, "to Catholics living at the YMCA or participating in its recreational programs. Of course they should not participate in the religious exercises-any more than we would expect a Baptist to come to our service and kneel and stand up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Catholic at the Y | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

Aboard the bus, Freedom Rider Jim Lawson held a workshop on tactics for the riot that might come: "If we get knocked down, I think the best bet is to stand where we are if we can-or kneel where we are." But the only man in Alabama who lifted a finger at the Freedom Riders was a farmer, who thumbed his nose. At a rest stop, while Guardsmen glared at empty fields, Lawson disavowed the armed guard: "We appreciate the Government's concern, but protection does not solve the problem of segregation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South: Crisis in Civil Rights | 6/2/1961 | See Source »

...from Cairo, trucked in overland via the Sudan. To the south, Lumumbaman Anicet Kashamura clung to Kivu province, where his troops stole cars and gasoline from white businessmen. Eight hapless Belgian soldiers, captured after they had wandered across the border from the protectorate of Ruanda-Urundi, were forced to kneel and submit to public beating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo: Blow to the U.N. | 2/3/1961 | See Source »

...Kneel & Pray. But early in its short career, TT4 was already obsolescent. New airborne radars began to make its lonely vigil superfluous. Then, in 1958, Hurricane Daisy caused serious underwater damage. TT4 was evacuated and repaired at a cost of $500,000. Last September Hurricane Donna slammed at the tower again. There was more underwater damage, and once more the crew was evacuated. Only a housekeeping crew of 14 airmen was left aboard. Later 14 civilian repairmen reported for work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Death on Old Shaky | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

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