Word: methodic
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...that conforms to that of Douglass in 1889. In The Souls of Black Folk, 1903, he gave a restrained but trenchant criticism of the Washington school of thought and advocated the right to vote, civic equality and the education of youth according to ability. "By every civilized and peaceful method," he urged, "we must strive for the rights which the world accords to men, clinging unwaveringly" to the great words of the Declaration of Independence. In 1905 he founded the Niagara Movement and in the following year at Harpers Ferry drafted resolutions which proclaimed, among other things: "We will...
Since the end of slavery, Negroes on the whole have followed the advice of Du Bois and others to seek their goals "by every civilized and peaceful method." This is perhaps one reason why they have invalidated in large measure the famous dictum of William Graham Sumner that "Stateways can not change folkways." Even in the depth of the depression in the early 1930's, only about 2,400 Negroes joined the Communist Party. The loyalty of what has been America's most oppressed minority to the principles of democracy is not the least significant contribution of Negroes...
...author of this pertinent criticism of past Soviet foreign policy at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in Moscow last February was Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov himself. Last week Molotov was the victim of the method he advocated. Eight years ago he had signed the letters which summarily expelled Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia from the fraternity of 'Communist countries. "Elasticity" in the current foreign-policy line, now vociferously welcoming Tito back in Moscow, demanded that Molotov get out of his job of Foreign Minister...
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (Verve, 2 LPs). Thirty-two sophisticated songs, sweet, hot and tough, sung with the utmost simplicity by the queen of popular singers. The Fitzgerald method, in her own words, is to "just sing," and at least half of her poignance comes from the fact that she sings right in the heart of the note (instrumentalists like to say they tune up to her notes). Strangely enough, she can breathe right in the middle of a phrase and get away with it-a nice way of suggesting that she is not so sophisticated...
Both Brown and Bonner qualify their optimism by pointing out the enormous amount of research, development and construction that must be invested in each new method of winning energy, minerals or food. To accomplish these things, says Psychologist Weir, the world will have to have peace, and free communication. I will also need more and better-trained scientists and engineers, for the future of the crowded earth will be determined by the quality of its technology...