Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...settle things, 12,000 Republicans squeezed into Mineral Wells (pop. 7,763) for the state convention. The resort town's motto, "Rest & Relax," mocked the tense and tussling delegates. Thirty-one of the state's 254 counties, including most of the populous cities (e.g., Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth), had sent two rival delegations apiece. In all, 519 of the 1,060 seats in the convention were in dispute...
...others who believe that racial equality is a wonderful thing but are not serious enough to do anything about it. They dissolve all hopes for equalizing the civil rights of Negroes in the crucible of States Rights. For as long as the United States has had a history, the motto "states rights" has been the dodge for politicians who were afraid to tell the electorate to forget the issue altogether. Fair employment practices is an example. Thirty-seven states have no compulsory FEPC laws. All the southern states, in which equality is practiced least, are in this group...
...Disciples, keynoted: "Both of our conventions show that they are growing in grace when each asks the other for its witness . . . The Disciples witness to an uneasy conscience about the disunity of the Church . . ." To emphasize their feelings, the Disciples had taken "Brotherhood Unlimited" as their 1952 motto...
...gown and gave the students a bit of advice for the future. Some of his tips: "There is great wealth of scientific and technical knowledge waiting to be used . . . Forces of prosperity are know-how and the will to work." He ended his speech with the college motto: "Cweddw crefft heb ei dawn" (Technical skill is sterile without inspiration...
Tires & Symbols. Frenchmen and foreigners alike rely on the verdicts of Michelin; over the years, the guidebook has built up a reputation for accuracy and incorruptibility. Its motto is Pas de piston, pas de pot de vin-roughly, "No pull, no bribery." Not a line of paid advertising is carried on its pages...