Word: richmond
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...RICHMOND. Thirty-five of the city's better restaurants desegregated...
...only by walking over his body. Cried he: "I'm going to be wherever any Negro attempts to enter the University of Alabama. I might be in both places at the same time." This did not sit well even with some other Alabama Democratic politicians. Protested Attorney General Richmond Flowers: "When the Governor stands in defiance of federal authority, he encourages others to join him-and that brings on racial violence. If federal troops are used in the state of Alabama, those who defied the courts and provoked violence would be to blame...
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Daylight Saving Time in the District of Columbia, that is. Across the border in Virginia, Arlington moved forward one hour, but Richmond will stay behind until May 30-at which point it will be an hour ahead of the city of Bristol. At the end of August, Richmond will rejoin Bristol, but be an hour behind Arlington for two months more...
Majesty & Sordidness. In Richmond, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is brilliantly performing the role of reappraiser for the art of Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. The 451 paintings and drawings, ranging from family portraits to animal studies to magnificent sea and landscapes, are from the collection of Paul Mellon, new president of the National Gallery. A longtime collector of British painting, Mellon acquired most of the works in the show in the past three years, picking them up not only at auctions but directly from the owners of England's stately homes, to which his wide...