Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On the right to vote, still denied to many Negroes ("a betrayal of the ideal set forth in the Declaration of Independence"), the commission recommended strong new federal action. Items: ¶ A federal law requiring states to preserve registration records for five years, during which they would be subject to...
The two homosexual affairs of Proust that Author Painter chronicles were with Reynaldo Hahn. a talented pianist and composer, and Lucien Daudet. foppish son of the famed novelist Alphonse. From each, Proust tried to extract the unconditional love his mother had given him as a child; in each he was...
"Sir," said he, "I have undergone my education, and I therefore petition respecfully that I be awarded my degree."
"A living slice of Americana," burbled a fashion-industry press release. The slice: the 47-model fashion display to be shown four times a day at the U.S. exhibition opening in Moscow late this week. But when 250 fashion editors of U.S. newspapers and magazines saw a preview in Manhattan...
...Echoed Chicago Republican Albert Hachmeister, member of the state legislature: "Even parents of schoolchildren come to me and say, 'No more tax increases, please, not even for schools.' " Said San Francisco's Republican Mayor George Christopher: "It used to be a simple matter for a petitioner to get people to sign a petition for a new park. Today, I don't get these petitions any more...