Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Foul Rule...
...NCAA rules on fouls are primarily responsible for the sudden scoring increase. The "one-and-one" rule on free throws which allows a player two chances to sink each foul has caused scores to skyrocket...
...party of Abraham Lincoln, as it often roguishly describes itself, has maintained its spotless record. The last thing it gave Negroes was liquor for their votes in the Reconstruction era. Two days ago the Republican Senators voted, 41 to 5, to table a motion to alter the filibuster rule...
This is one of the oldest--and dirtiest--tricks in the Republican bag. By steadfastly preserving Rule 22, which allows unlimited "debate" unless 64 Senators vote for cloture, the Republicans make it possible for the Southerners to kill by filibuster every piece of legislation designed to give Negroes a couple of civil rights...
...true--they are helpless, but only so long as they keep Rule 22 as it is. The flagrant dishonesty of this policy has never lost it any support in the Grand Old Party...