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Word: sat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...calling Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson, once a member of his parish in Richmond, to offer his good offices in any sort of effort to be helpful in what he called "the school situation." Assistant Secretary Robertson called Attorney General Herbert Brownell, who called the President, who sat down almost immediately and wrote the Bishop a letter. "I deeply believe," said the President, "that there is much that Little Rock's ministers, as the spiritual and moral leaders of the community, can do ... I hope that you and the ministers of Little Rock will be able not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: RELIGION IN ACTION | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

Wordless, he sat down next to me and deposited a great, ink-stained ledger book before him. Meditating quietly for a moment, he suddenly looked up and said, "Do you like Mr. Miller...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: A Visit to Big Sur | 10/8/1957 | See Source »

They reappeared as Zobel prepared to shut the garage, and forced him back into the car. One of the thugs got behind the wheel, and the other sat on the opposite side of the car, with Zobel in the middle...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Law Student Kidnapped, Held Up by Two Gunmen | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...school-desegregation decision, the U.S. Supreme Court called for "all deliberate speed" in integration, and it named the judges of the federal district courts as its agents for seeing that the order was carried out. It was in that capacity that North Dakota's Judge Ronald Davies sat last week in Little Rock. It was in line with the policy set forth by the Supreme Court that the Administration fought its battle in the courtroom, and not with such grandstand stunts as having President Eisenhower fly to Little Rock and lead Negro children by the hand through the National...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: With Deliberate Speed | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...sooner did Norman buy the rights to the $64,000 Question for Revlon than trouble began. Says Norman: "After watching it the first night, Revson told me to cancel the show because it was the worst trash he'd ever seen. He so frightened me that I sat up with him until 3 in the morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: The $16 Million Challenge | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

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