Word: means
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next six months or so, visiting politicians will shake hands around town and outraged public sentiment will force one or two of these politicians to look into what's going on, I mean really going on, in Springhill. Some will suggest greater safety precautions; some will suggest that the town close up, go away and forget its troubles. But Springhill won't close up, go away and forget because things could scarcely get much worse. Canadians all over are proud of the people of Springhill because the face of the Canadian people is concave, which is good for taking punches...
...look at an auto plant and tell yourself: 'Next campaign I will be at the gates to meet the workers as they arrive at 7 a.m.' And they will think: 'This guy had to get up as early as I did-he must really mean business...
...DEALER (asking to be excused from Army reserve duty): Every time they call me up for a week, it costs me $100 to get somebody to run the store. And it's hard on business because my customers want me, not a stranger, taking care of them. I mean, this is a hardship...
...must remember that the majority of mankind belong to the colored races . . . If America continues to lose friends as others become convinced that we do not mean what we say about justice and equality . . . these judgments are the plain cost we pay in God's universe for not practicing what we preach...
...signs that runaway inflation is not a present danger do not mean that inflation is dead forever. But barring another Korea, or a letup in the Federal Reserve Board's vigilance over monetary policies, most economists feel that the price level will be stable for at least a year...