Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...justified. But then, was not considerable anxiety on the part of the white inhabitants of Mississippi also justified? I think it was. But anxiety can only explain some things. I do not really think that Mississippi's Negroes were fortunate that more severe acts of violence did not occur. And I'm not convinced that street riots, shootings, and church bombings are a restricted form of violence...
...forced to take some action. Since the members of the Project had caused such heated opposition against themselves, when action was to be taken, the rational Mississippian was pushed into the background. Under these circumstances, it was surprising that more acts of severe violence did not occur. But all of this could have been avoided--had members of the Project used a less demanding approach, or, better yet, stayed home in the first place...
They indulge in rationales of why the inevitable will not occur. It is unthinkable, they tell each other, inefficient, illegal. One by one, they disappear, until only two are left, the doctor and an Austrian prince who has been brought in by mistake. The doctor convicts the aristocratic Gentile of unintended complicity with the whole monstrous crime. "It's not your guilt I want-it's your responsibility," the doctor thunders. Moments later, the prince hands the doctor his own white paper pass to freedom, and stands, erect and alone, facing the irate Nazi sadists...
...most baffling fields of modern inquiry. According to him, the element of chance has played an enormous role in his work. "Biochemistry is still a fairly new subject, and so progress is often a matter of intuition rather than logical deduction." He does admit however, that important notions occur most frequently to the prepared mind. "Success in science is an awareness of relationships. Every once in a while you recognize that two facts you have known all along are not isolated by have some logical connection...
...Dietz's maps shows that the bridge would cast shadows varying from 20 ft. on June 21 to 65 ft. on Dec. 22. A note on the map adds, however, that these shadows would occur at 12:30 p.m., the "time of day when Palmer St. has not shadow from any building...