Word: lift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hope that the television lessons will give a lift to the efforts of the Hungarians in the area, and that all of them will be able to listen," Richards stated...
...same: in order to find wise solutions, the whites must "face up to the fact that the Negro does not now have equal opportunities, that he is morally and legally entitled to progress more rapidly, and that a full good faith effort" must be made to help him lift his standards. Similarly, Negroes must contribute by changes in their own attitudes, e.g., by realizing that they "must merit and deserve whatever place [they] achieve in a community . . . There must be change, and change usually comes hard . . . Ours is the generation in which great decisions can no longer be passed...
...scheme with McCurdy. He said that the gloves "could be of real value." But, he added, "they could be just another fad. I've seen these things come and go for almost 30 years. The boys like to wear something different or colorful. It gives them a lift and seems to build their morale...
...roles. More enthusiastically than ever, the critics applauded her lithe, leggy build, her cool, fluid movements, which are reminiscent of the early Fonteyn's. Although the restrictions of Pagodas' choreography gave the critics less to rave about last week, Beriosova displayed the classic arch-of-back and lift-of-leg passages that have moved her audiences in the past. There is still no indication of when 37-year-old Margot Fonteyn will finally step down, but when she does, the Sadler's Wells company may well find in Beriosova a talented replacement...
Recent illness is expected to lift in time for varsity captain Chouteau Dyer to return to the 50-yard freestyle. Dyer set a varsity record of :50.3 when he shifted to the 100-yard distance against M.I.T. in December...