Word: restrictionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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But some whites, refusing to be comforted, had drawn up a racial restriction covenant among themselves. For seven years they had tried to sell it to the other whites, but failed. Then they went to court.
In outlining the need for the new structure, Keyes D. Metcalf, Director of the University Library, stated that "the present Widener Library building has not been and never can be a satisfactory headquarters for undergraduate library service. Ideally planned with graduate students and faculty in mind, it has a tremendously...
¶ Soviet Russia's Constitution (Article 123): "The equality of the rights of citizens . . . irrespective of their nationality or race ... is an indefeasible [i.e., non-voidable] law. Any direct or indirect restriction [of those rights] is punishable by law."
For some 18 months, home builders have been held down by WPB's order L41 ; they could build no house that cost more than $8,000. When WPB swept out most of its restrictions at war's end, it also promised to drop L-41, at the end...
Freedom of discussion was at the heart of the veto issue. The Russians wanted to interpret the veto so that one power could shut off discussion even in the Security Council. At this point Stettinius took his stand and saved the conference. He told Molotov, in a formal note, that...