Word: retarder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rain which fell during the first part of the race did little to retard the runners. Chrisman's urge to keep himself physically and mentally fit. Anderson didn't really know why he entered...
...occasionally on eyewitness accounts by those who have left the royal household. On all such journalistic works the palace frowns. Last year, after an ex-valet to the Duke of Edinburgh wrote for the Sunday Pictorial that Philip wears long underwear in the winter, and uses a lotion to retard the thinning of his hair, Press Secretary Colville put his foot down. To the British Press Council went a stern note: "You will, I am sure, readily agree that the Queen is entitled to expect that her family will attain the privacy at home which all other families are entitled...
...their $1,750,000 school building authorization. Last week the Florida Supreme Court refused their plea, arguing that the new schools were needed and that it would take a long time to desegregate. Florida Justice Glenn Terrell said the U.S. Supreme Court decision was "a great mistake" and would "retard rather than accelerate" the removal of the inequalities that Negroes now suffer. He added: "To homogenize Topsy . . . and Mary who carried her little lamb to school is going to be slow and tedious...
...desperate effort to retard the national development of federated giving (e.g., Community Chests). Undoubtedly, it is more than a coincidence that Flint and Michigan have been notable in the successful application of this principle." One Flint resident said that he would never give "another nickel" to Red Cross. Mas sachusetts' Governor Christian Herter de manded an apology to Worcester. Fund officials in all three cities acknowledged that they had turned only token sums over to the Red Cross. But they pointed out that the special funds went toward replacing losses suffered in the storm, edu cation of orphans, patching...
Brighter Smiles. A new toothpaste containing the antibiotic tyrothricin is being test-marketed by Pepsodent. The toothpaste, called Shield, claims to retard tooth decay. Prices: about...