Word: mississippis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From cornstalks and from soybeans raised in fields previously treated with the chemical, dieldrin finds its way into animal feed. Then, because it is readily retained in fatty tissues, it accumulates and becomes concentrated in farm animals. Millions of chickens had to be destroyed last March in Mississippi because their feed had been contaminated with dieldrin. The chemical also washes into rivers and lakes and is ingested by fish. In fact, dieldrin is now found in nearly every edible product in the supermarket. A 1973 market-basket sampling by the Food and Drug Administration shows 96% of meat, fish...
...vague way to put it, but more specifically, being a Southerner at Harvard means more than anything else feeling like an outsider. There are more than 1700 people in the Class of '78, and probably only 150 or so of your are reading this in places like Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama or Virginia. You are likely to be one of only a very few people from your high school or hometown who is going to college in the North, let alone at Harvard. One of the first things you'll feel here is different...
...Welfare. Shedding no light on the mysterious "they," Evers charged people who are out to get him with a "long process of harassment and intimidation" dating back to 1963. That was the year his brother Medgar was slain by a sniper's bullet and Charles returned to Mississippi from Chicago to succeed him as field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charles spearheaded a drive that registered 250,000 black voters, and in 1969 became the first black mayor of a biracial Mississippi town since Reconstruction. In 1971 he ran for Governor but lost...
...other. [But] overseas some of the fellowship people are the same generals who carry out martial law." Still, Michaelson concedes that Coe's personal, uncritical ministry has made him "the real chaplain of the House and Senate." It has also forged ties of concern. When an assailant shot Mississippi's Senator John Stennis, a fellowship member, it was Hatfield-one of his foremost foes in the Senate-who spent the night at the hospital fielding phone calls...
Even the Judiciary Committee's Edward Hutchinson made his turnabout official. "I feel that I have been deceived," he said, declaring that he would vote for impeachment "with a heavy heart." Arriving in Washington from Mississippi, Lott also confirmed his reversal on impeachment. He had reacted to the new evidence, he said...