Word: properities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...later in an address on getting an honorary degree of doctor of engineering at Brooklyn's Polytechnic Institute. The blast: "We waste the best years of our children in the name of democracy and of the sacred comprehensive school. The careful manner with which European authorities find the proper schooling for each child's gifts is criticized here as cruel and undemocratic. Weeding out by examinations arouses pity and horror...
...voice of Africa. Now that the big day had come, Nkrumah was full of optimism. "For too long in our history," said he, "Africa has spoken through the voice of others. Now, what I have called the African Personality in international affairs will have a chance of making its proper impact...
...princes, won the princess' hand and heart. The Land of Green Ginger-a flying oasis that whimsically flitted about with its roots dangling-was satirically spoofy enough to entertain adults, was tricked up with a passel of fantastic gimmicks to bewitch children. Items: a magic carpet so aerodynamically proper that it would not fly when overloaded, a boy genie (his father was in the bathtub) who spun into view from nowhere when Abu rubbed the magic lamp. As the gallant hero battling his way along the zigzag road to Samarkand, young (23) Kashmir-born Kuldip Singh was dashing...
...tear down the adjacent slums, and the nearby Fort Greene meat market was long overdue for relocation. All O'Malley asked was land, condemned and handed over to him cheap. So in March of 1955 Democrat O'Malley rounded up his own political pals, buttered up the proper Republicans, and helped push through a bill setting up the Brooklyn Sports Center Authority. Governor Harriman, sometime 8-goal polo player, hustled down to Brooklyn, signed the measure at Borough Hall with the gallant announcement, "I am a Dodger fan." Walter sat back to savor the glorious future. The truth...
...quickly, but to do what's best for the country in the long run. This means more than getting people to go out and buy a new lipstick or a new refrigerator. If the depression is to serve any purpose, the people, and especially businessmen, should learn the proper economic lessons from it. They should relearn such basic virtues as prudence and the value of a good day's work, and what is worth how much. We need to cut waste, and work for a balanced budget...