Word: professionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With these traditional words, U.S. lawyers respectfully catch the ears of the learned judges hearing their appeals. Briggs v. Elliott, Case No. 2 of the five segregation cases heard last week by the Supreme Court, pitted together two of the legal profession's great advocates:
It is a sign of the stability of this new industry that it provides more and more openings for college graduates. College men have invested in four years of education, and few are willing to risk their investment by starting a career in an unsound or risky profession. Unfortunately for...
Finley's election to the George Eastman Profession ship was made last July, said Aydelotte, "on the basis of his being the leading man in his field." Thus, Finley will hold one of the two positions at Oxford given to American citizens, the other being the Harmsworth seat. His period...
"In a sense, I am speaking to this body in a language that is new, a language which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred not to use. The new language is the language of atomic warfare."
Almost any congress held in Rome is received by the Pope. During the last six weeks, the Pope received more than 20 groups, ranging from the Italian National Convention of Professional Nurses and Hospital Assistants to the American Society of Travel Agents. To such audiences the Pope usually makes a 15-minute speech, discussing their profession or aims in glowing terms, but always with some moral admonitions. Afterwards, he mixes with the group. People push and jostle toward him, eager for a word. Some hand him a white zucchetto (skull cap), and he puts it on, giving the visitor...