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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...regret that the time has come when I must register my disapproval of your April 27 article on veterans' benefits, called "Tailoring the Dole." When the word "dole" is used, it is, to say the least, unkind. It places a stigma on all veterans who are receiving compensation or pension, regardless of the circumstances in a particular case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...would be better to say what it is in Harvard!" again sounds the ironic voice of the same student...

Author: By Kent Geiger, | Title: Soviet Article "Reports" Student Exchange | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

...They are looking for other work. It is very hard right now," somewhat unwillingly one of the trade union workers, a fellow about 32, forces himself to say. He lowers his gaze and nervously fingers his cigarette...

Author: By Kent Geiger, | Title: Soviet Article "Reports" Student Exchange | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

Walter Clemens had nothing to say...

Author: By Kent Geiger, | Title: Soviet Article "Reports" Student Exchange | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

...What do you mean 'but?'" Jack Bowles continued the attack. "Maybe you are going to say that this happens only in the southern and "border" states? Or that this is only true of Negroes? Just remember what happened to the Korean-American, Sammy Lee. This athlete twice won gold medals for the U.S.A. in diving at the Olympic Games. The President himself sent him on a tour in the Far East. And why? So he would be an example of the absence of racial discrimination in America. And what happened to him when he came back? Because of the color...

Author: By Kent Geiger, | Title: Soviet Article "Reports" Student Exchange | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

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