Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Marblehead militia. This motley crew, however, was turned out in favor of General Washington, who had found it uncomfortable with the President of Harvard. General George found it even more uncomfortable at the Vassall's, for the evicted Marbleheaders proved no end of trouble. Not only did they protest violently, but even after they were finally dislodged the Continental Congress was at great expense to clean the place up. Washington's correspondence at this time indicated that his stay in Cambridge was not a completely happy...
...Fifteen Protest...
...School professor offered a solution yesterday to the present dispute between France and the United Nations over the Algerian issue. The French have withdrawn their permanent U.N. delegation in a protest against the General Assembly's decision to discuss the North African problem...
Since the mid-1930s, Britain's famed MG sports car has made few changes in its appearance. Every time Morris Motors suggested a styling change, devoted MG owners rose in protest and demanded that the company preserve the oldfashioned, unstreamlined body with its high fenders, running boards and narrow hood. But last week the '56 MG showed up in U.S. showrooms with a new face. It had rakish lines, fat fenders, a curved windshield-and looked just like any other small sports...
...Both of Robert Johnston's two offerings are well-conceived, but their execution is sometimes muddled by clumsy syntax and a rather loose use of diction. Through the thoughts of a door-to-door salesman who feels guilty for having "sold knives to the women of levittown," Peter Heliczer protests against the impersonality of modern life. The salesman, however, expresses this protest so melodramatically and with such inordinate sensitivity, that it all seems incredible. Heliczer may have intended an entirely different meaning for his poem. If so, the key must lie in the deep and unknown significance of the word...