Word: proper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roth Case. But what if a proper legal hearing does find obscenity, as did the Ohio Supreme Court with The Lovers? By what standard does the U.S. Supreme Court test the finding...
...Haiti last week Duvalier was holding a "popular referendum" before he assumed office for life. It was only proper, said "Papa Doc," because "we have what is called a democracy." But in the dank, dark Caribbean nation, where almost 90% of the 4,500,000 population could not read the ballot, even Lou Harris could have predicted the outcome. Eight hours before the polls closed, the little doctor-turned-dictator appeared on the balcony of the presidential palace and graciously conceded victory. "Duvalier has won the battle," he told the obedient crowd. "He is already elected. I accept...
...American Development Bank funds for a drinking-water project, frequent liberty visits by U.S. Navy vessels. Ambassador Benson E. L. Timmons III, 48, mindful that a dozen embassy officials have been declared personae non gratae in the past 6½ years, is restricting his activities merely to "what is proper...
...what to wear in the shower, at the beach, at home alone, or on a tour through alien lands whence the news will not get back. Gradually, as America discovered its special fashion nook, a knack for the sporting look, sandals began to be everywhere, and everywhere pretty much proper...
Agricultural and chemical interests pointed out that endrin is a notably safe and useful insecticide, and that it was hardly proper to indict the chemical on the evidence of so small a samling. Most of the dead Mississippi fish, PHS critics argued, were menhaden, an almost inedible saltwater inhabitant...