Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite temporary regressions and stagnation, the history of man has displayed a constant upward spiral. Some day the human race will awaken to the glorious truth, first expressed by Confucius, that "the kingdom of heaven is within you," and that deeds are the vital thing-not belief...
...course I realize there are some women, cursed with neither intelligence or ambition, who seem to enjoy slopping around in a monotonous condition of unpaid servitude. These, then, are the logical childbearers of the nation-the honored perpetuators of the human race. But for the other freedom-loving females, I say-more and better contraceptives...
...labor unions, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Y.M.C.A. were on hand. There were representatives of the National Thespian Society, the American Association of Teachers of French, the Polish National Catholic Church of America, the D.A.R. and the American Guild of Organists. The cultural unity of the human race was the farthest objective anybody actually mentioned, but the American Society of Mammalogists, perhaps looking for new species' to consolidate, showed...
...turned out to be a drenching, misty Saturday-but the British are used to soggy race tracks and that sort of jolly boating weather. Of the 40 million men, women & children in England, over two million spent the afternoon getting wet for sport's sake...
Like a Bag Race. To make matters worse, women were none too happy about 1947 fashions. They especially objected to lengthened skirts. Designers, revelling in OPA-less freedom, had gone berserk with swirls and pleats. They had dropped the hemline from the knee to at least midcalf. Some daytime dresses went almost to the ankles, making their wearers look like entries in a bag race. Resistance to these long skirts increased in direct ratio to distance from New York. In Chicago, a parade of long skirts at a fashion show drew a chorus of disgusted "Eeeks!" A customer at Chicago...