Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reassuring to see that in 26 years both Mr. Hemingway's views and his iceberg have remained so solid. One wonders, however, if the move from above to beneath the water is an evidence of Mr. Hemingway's progression in depth, or a reflection of the modern quest for a place to hide...
Surly Refusal. After the deserts blossom again. President Eisenhower said, the world might see an "Arab renaissance," with modern Arab nations making contributions to civilization surpassing the Islamic advances in mathematics, astronomy and medicine during Europe's Middle Ages. Throughout his speech, the President took Arab feeling into account, tried to avoid giving any impression that the U.S. was seeking to dictate to the Arab world. He stressed that the U.S. did not want "a position of leadership" in the regional economic program, that "the goals must be Arab goals," and that Arab peoples "clearly possess the right...
...stock plunged from a postwar high of $35 to $4. "Jus"' Dart, onetime All-Big Ten football guard (Northwestern '28 and '29), had fumbled by selling off too many of Rexall's outmoded, wholly owned stores before he could open enough modern Rexall franchise stores to replace them...
Curious Indiscretions. Thus began Orwell's difficult position in the hagiography of modern liberalism: though he started out on the left, he spent his best eloquence on exposing the left's hypocrisies. Orwell was honest enough to know that neither he nor any new society could change his nature; he knew that his Old School Tie set him off from other men in Britain, and he wore it with the same mixture of pain and pride as the Blessed John Ogilvie, a Jesuit missionary, might have shown toward the halter with which he was hanged at Glasgow...
...walking with their dogs running beside them." Dabbs admits to being honestly "confused" as to whether the South's "way of life" depends on segregation. He doubts it. What he is clear about is that segregation is morally wrong and simply does not make good sense in the modern South and the modern world...