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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...constitution with an article specifically aimed at cutting up vast farmlands now owned by some 60 sheiks, who were the backbone of Nuri's regime. The rebels abolished the anachronistic tribal courts that would, for a fee, give tribesmen a far softer kind of justice than would a regular court. Dramatically, the rebels also announced that work would cease on Feisal's new $20 million "palace," which was actually to be an administration building with only comparatively moderate accommodations for the royal family. Meanwhile, the oil continued to flow to the West...
...wonders. They stress the awakening of Arab nationalism, the need for Arab union under Nasser's general direction, and the doom of the imperialist West. Children are told they must fight for complete emancipation of the Arab people from all foreign control and political influence. The teachers file regular reports to Cairo, and villagers are further impressed with Nasser's farseeing wisdom when radio broadcasts beamed from Egypt describe their local affairs in detail, and with sympathy...
...only the biggest producer in the nation's most basic industry but also the most efficient one among the majors. Though it operated at only 53% of capacity in the second quarter, Big Steel announced that it earned $73.2 million or $1.25 a share, amply covered its regular quarterly dividend of 75?. Earnings declined far less from the year-ago level ($115,943,000 while at 89.5% capacity) than most Wall Streeters had expected. The report at long last destroyed Wall Street's old assumption that Big Steel needed to pour at 65% capacity just to break even...
...years ago, a short-lived magazine called i.e., the Cambridge Review published a provocative issue on "Harvard 1956" which strongly advocates increased independent reading and small individual conferences between student and tutor (Harvard's name for an instructor who works with an individual or small groups outside the regular course plan). i.e. went so far as to demand an end to the lecture system, a suggestion at which most undergraduates balked, but generally the cry of i.e. was accepted as one bearing a good deal of merit. The CRIMSON itself came out repeatedly before and after this article with various...
Ernestine Anderson was born in Houston, the daughter of a construction worker. In the neighborhood Baptist church she used to sing hymns with her grandmother. At 13 she was singing at the Eldorado, a big Negro ballroom, and after the family moved to Seattle, she became a regular with local bands. She went on tour with Bumps Blackwell's band, then with Johnny Otis, finally with Lionel Hampton, who took her to Manhattan. For a while she had a "steady gig" at a Greenwich Village spot, but she never attracted real attention until she went to Sweden...