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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Richard Hart) has a Conjur Woman make him human. But he can remain so, the old crone tells him, only if Barbara stays faithful to him for a year after their marriage. On the last night of the year, the community,* at last awake to the boy's origin, compels Barbara to sin. (A rape scene that the censors knocked out of the play in Washington remains out on Broadway.) The boy becomes a witch again,.and Barbara dies...
...State of New York, long used to pacing the Union in matters of social legislation, this week struck out on what may prove its most ambitious stride. The legislature passed and Governor Dewey signed a bill to outlaw employment discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin...
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There seems to be considerable comment these days for & against the term "G.I. Joe" as applied to our soldiers (TIME, Feb. 5). I would like to advance my claim to what I believe to be the origin of the term...
Plough Monday is the first Monday after Twelfth-night (Epiphany). Traditionally, this is the first day of the farmer's year, when the ground has thawed enough for a share to cut cleanly through the turf. The event, the origin of which is obscure, gradually came to be celebrated as a British religious festival. By the 17th Century, observance of the day had ended: instead of going to church the ploughmen celebrated by getting drunk on sack...