Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...federal courts . . . The governor of a state in this respect is in no different position from that of any other state officials . . . If it be assumed that the governor was entitled to declare a state of insurrection and to bring military force to the aid of civil authority, the proper use of that power in this instance was to maintain the federal court in the exercise of its jurisdiction and not to attempt to override...
...that philosophical mood, Ike, accompanied by a convalescing Mamie, flew to a community that has entertained eleven Presidents since George Washington visited there in 1790. Proper, poised Newport and its 40,000 inhabitants warmed up to the Eisenhower charm, gave the President an all-out welcome...
Displaying her beauty (green eyes, honey blonde hair and 35-25-36), her talent (at the Hammond organ) and her intelligence (Q.: "Is it proper for a lady to propose marriage?" A.: "Heavens, no! That is the man's role"), Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, 20, of Denver was named Miss America of 1958, a title which will enable her to make in the next year...
...Suez," "John Foster Dulles," to full-scale defenses of Americans by British admirers. He concluded last week that Americans would be better liked in Britain if they "would stop spending money, talking loudly in public places, telling the British who won the war, chewing gum [and would] dress properly, throw away their cameras, move their air bases out of England, settle the desegregation problem, turn over the hydrogen bomb to Britain, put the American woman in her proper place, not export rock 'n' roll, and speak correct English...
...shortage of middle-income housing is a long-range problem for which there is no quick or easy solution. But one practical step in the right direction is recommended by the National Association of Home Builders. The FHA, says the association, should look at the scandals of 1954 in proper perspective, relax its rules and harassments to encourage more middle-income housing, thus make FHA's present program work more effectively...