Word: reckonings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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November 11 is a day to reckon with. Armistices come and go, but Veterans, proud and valiant men that they are, are made of sterner stuff. The Nation and the State will honor them tomorrow with a holiday; the University will hold no classes; and the CRIMSON will publish a Saturday edition...
...people with deft application of both the carrot and the stick, always careful to keep in step with the word from Moscow. In 1956, when Khrushchev denounced Stalin at the 20th Party Congress, Stalin's old friend Ulbricht was quick to echo the new line ("One cannot reckon Stalin among the classic Marxists"). For all the thaw, Ulbricht soon cracked down on students and teachers who had friendly ideas of their own, arresting dozens, expelling scores from their universities. To stamp out religion and give new meaning to socialism, Ulbricht introduced "socialist name-giving" ceremonies to replace baptism, "socialist...
...Ruark's African adventures thrown in. Like the first, it is written in sloppy, shoes-off language, and the fact that the author now buys his shoes for pounds sterling in London does not prevent him from typing "ain'ts" into his copy. "Know" is translated "reckon," "a lot" becomes "a power," g's are dropped conscientiously, and "God," sorrily enough, becomes "the boss weather-maker...
Dallapiccola, Luigi, whose name as a composer has become something to reckon with as well as pronounce. See Music...
...Well, folks, reckon that's about it. End of another day in the city of Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Nothin' much happened. Couple of people got raped, couple more got their teeth kicked in, but way up there those far-away old stars are still doing their old cosmic crisscross, and there ain't a thing we can do about it. It's pretty quiet now. Folk hereabouts get to bed early, those that can still walk. Down behind the morgue a few of the young people are roastin' a nigger over an open fire...