Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...newspapers agreed: the Tory government's White Paper, explaining the wave of arrests in the Central African Federation, spoke of "trends toward violence" in Nyasaland but never once offered any proof of the much-touted "R day" white massacre that had triggered all the uproar, the 50-odd African deaths and the 500 arrests (TIME, March 30). The Colonial Office limply tried to explain that "we could not jeopardize our sources," presumably paid African informers. Faced with the outcry, Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd appointed a commission to investigate the situation, headed by High Court Justice Sir Patrick Devlin...
...years ago a small island in the Gulf of Mexico played host to an imposing expedition. Flashing official archaeological permits, a group of 40-odd men arrived to excavate the site of an ancient Maya civilization that flourished in the 7th century A.D. For 45 days the party unearthed thousands of finely wrought, delicately painted Maya ceremonial statues, carted them out to boats. Said one of the diggers on leaving: a find worth millions. Only later did reports come out that the island's caretaker had been duped: the permits were called forgeries and the "archaeologists" art smugglers...
Prompted by the World Evangelical Fellowship, Protestants all over the world last week offered prayers for their brothers in Spain. And Spain's 30,000-odd Protestant worshipers gathered in private homes, or in buildings that may show no sign that they are churches, to make their devotions' and give thanks for the prayers of their brethren in other lands. The Protestants of Spain, outnumbered by Roman Catholics 1,000 to 1, feel that they need all the prayers they...
...come the gimmicks: fireworks shows at $1,000 a clip, a baby-sitting service for mothers, free nylons for the ladies, bands in the stands, special "nights" for fans. Veeck himself will wander through the stands, sitting with the fans to talk baseball and listen to their gripes. At odd moments he will do duty at the turnstiles, taking tickets-and, of course, counting the house...
...between 'good' and 'bad' unions. The question is whether unions are violating the Sherman Act." I.L.G.W.U. President David Dubinsky, who has fought hard and with distinction against sweatshop operators and racketeers in the garment industry, charged that the prosecution of only one of his 500-odd locals was "a frontal attack by the Republican Administration against basic safeguards won on the picket line and across the negotiating table over the last six decades...