Word: movement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...house, heavy-handedly suggested that it was time for the McClellan committee to go out of business. He was promptly and loudly supported by A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, who called the report "a disgraceful example of the use of sensationalism in an attempt to smear the trade-union movement." Like Pipe Fitter McNamara, Plumber Meany pointed out that the A.F.L.-C.I.O. has kicked out the Teamsters and a couple of other corrupt unions. Neither mentioned that organized labor allowed its ugly situation to grow uglier for years-until the McClellan committee came along...
...concerto (built around a simple theme from the old hymn He Leadeth Me!) proved to be an engaging and often witty piece, full of surprising melodic invention. It had a finely calculated balance of sound throughout, was notable for a mellow duet of drums and cellos in the second movement, and a satirical statement of the theme by four drums and orchestra in the third movement. Because Composer Parris used comparatively little bass, the music in certain spots gave the impression of a billowing cloud of strings floating aimlessly over the deep thunder of the drums. The crowd...
...accumulation of jobs is impressive. He is a top man in the ecumenical movement as 1) chairman of the policymaking Central and Executive Committees of the World Council of Churches, and 2) member of the Policy and Strategy Committee of the National Council of Churches. At the same time, he is a force in Lutheranism as 1) president (since 1944) of the United Lutheran Church in America, 2) member of the Executive Committee of the National Lutheran Council, and 3) first American ever elected president of the 50-million-member Lutheran World Federation. All these titles illustrate one fact...
...headed the student body at Mount Airy and led a movement to advise the faculty on revision of the curriculum. "The seminary has caught up with him now," says President Emeritus Luther D. Reed. "He was simply ahead of the faculty in those days...
...grille play a role in veiling unsightly pockmarks of urban blight which for economic reasons must stand? Stone is excited by the fact that two major U.S. cities are considering it. But his main hope is that he has touched off a new movement. "What we need is to put pure beauty into our buildings," he says fervently. "Let's strike the bell for beauty...