Word: return
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Point of No Return. TV newsreels had recorded the whole session, and viewers the state over watched their screens in horrified fascination as their Governor tormented his legislature and himself. From Washington sped Earl's nephew, U.S. Senator Russell Long. Trying to save the tottering Long regime, Russell Long went before the legislature in Baton Rouge to explain his uncle's illness. Heartbroken, Earl Long's wife tried to get her husband to rest quietly. Turning on her, he accused her and Russell Long of conspiring with his enemies. He became violent, had to be locked...
...though the King's new affability did not accomplish it, all Belgium took it as a good omen that with his return to Belgium the brouhaha about Prince Albert's marriage showed signs of dying down. At issue was the fact that if Pope John XXIII performed the marriage at the Vatican, there could be no civil ceremony first, as Belgian law requires. Reason: since the Vatican is a sovereign state, it considers its own service to have civil status as well. "In a gesture of particular solicitude toward Belgium." the Pope last week helped to pacify...
...classless" Cuba began sinking in last week, a wave of mass meetings and angry proclamations swept the island. The immediate cause of the anger was Castro's first spread-the-wealth scheme: his land-reform bill (TIME, June 1) that became law last week. The result was the return of political debate after a hiatus of five months, and the sudden birth of outspoken opposition to the still numerically strong supporters of Castro...
Agreement comes from David Riesman, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Scinces: "It is less fashionable to be cynical about religion," he said. "There is fun poked at the return to religion, but this is part escapism. Students are more open, less in the spirit of Mencken...
...become quite noticeable since the Korean War. The Class of '59 does not differ markedly from the classes immediately preceding or following it. Thus, one would not expect the post-graduation plans of the Class of '59 to differ markedly either. On the basis of a 73 per cent return in a study of the immediate plans of the Class of '59 the following break-down is reported: 15 per cent plan to get a job, 7 percent plan to travel or study, 21 per cent intend to fulfill military obligations, and 2 per cent are indefinite...