Word: maying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other course was an increasing intolerance of any infringement on civil rights. In recent years, some 30% of the court's cases (and the court may choose the cases which it will consider) had to do with the rights of citizens in a democracy. The court upheld, though tentatively, the right of a Negro to live where he liked. It upheld his right to equal schooling, and to the vote-leaving the details to Southern legislatures. After first backing & filling on questions involving Jehovah's Witnesses, the court finally upheld the right of that sect to propagandize religious...
...this may be added another cogent argument which few Britons are candid enough to make, even privately. It runs...
Good as this argument is, determined as Cripps is that there shall be no devaluation, it may come anyway. The very talk of devaluation persuades Britain's potential customers to postpone orders in the hope of being able to pay for them later in cheaper pounds...
...Will Never Sign." "I don't know how often I will be able to speak to you in the future," Beran said. "Perhaps very soon you will hear all sorts of things about me from the radio. You may hear that I have made a confession or other things ... Whatever happens, don't believe that I have surrendered . . ." He spoke in a clear, loud voice, tense with emotion. "I come to you and swear to you that I will never sign an agreement that violates the laws of the church...
...ladies. Holders of mere owners' cards (like Rita and Aly Khan and Beautician Elizabeth Arden Graham) sat in boxes overlooking the Royal Enclosure-but that was a long way from being inside it. These underprivileged souls had some crumbs of comfort. Ladies in the Royal Enclosure may not smoke cigarettes and are forbidden to lean across the fence to place bets with bookies. Last week the ladies in the Royal Enclosure strictly observed the no-smoking rule, although a few were seen betting...