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Word: mr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very proud and loyal group of people in the U.S. whose ancestors were both Catholics and Americans long before the influx of ethnic groups. They include Marylanders, Frenchmen in St. Louis and New Orleans, Castilian Spaniards in the Southwest and certain families in Philadelphia and other coast cities. Mr. Sargent Shriver is the most prominent man of this group at the present time. To refer to him as a "Waspirant" is as insulting as it would have been to accuse Charles Carroll of Carrollton of trying to gain equality with John Adams. In both cases, the equality already existed. Also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 31, 1969 | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

...purpose-the temporary political disarmament of many who viewed Nixon's accession with mingled anger and apprehension." As Conservative David Lawrence saw it, the speech was "a timely presentation of thoughts which lie deep in the hearts of the American people." Joseph Kraft, with grudging appreciation, noted that "Mr. Nixon was speaking in homilies. But he had the right homilies for the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opinion: Lower Your Voice | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

...have heard from a well-informed Republican circle that Herbert Brownell is Mr. Nixon's choice to replace Earl Warren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opinion: Lower Your Voice | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

...Eric Lincoln points out that the Jew looms large in black "vocal folklore," not as a figure of hatred but as a kindly foil who is something of a buffer between white Christians and the Negro. He contends that there are countless Negro jokes in which "John Henry" and "Mr. Goldberg" conspire to outwit "Mr. Charley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Black and the Jew: A Falling Out of Allies | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

...survive, they must all deal with Mr. Rich (Ted Thurston). Old Rich has the classic ailments of age and wealth: he is impotent and bored. On New Year's Eve, Potemkin arranges for a love scene to be played between the Orphan and the Angel with the hope of restoring Rich to youthful virility, after which the old man is supposed to get the girl. Naturally, it does not turn out that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Fairy Tale with a Wink | 1/31/1969 | See Source »

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