Word: segments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Said Brownell: "Several hundred thousand federal employees, representing every segment of our population, work and live in the District of Columbia area. It is the established policy of the United States that its employees shall be hired, and shall work together, without regard to any differences of race or color." As amicus curiae (friend of the court), Brownell sided with the District corporation council in appealing for reversal of a lower court decision invalidating an old District of Columbia anti-segregation ordinance...
...presenting these three men the Council displayed lamentable insincerity and irresponsibility when faced with a crucial situation in which the conscientious exercise of sincerity and responsibility is imperative, especially on the part of a quasi-official spokesman for a segment of the Harvard student body. This can only result in increasing the panic of the defenders of universities and deepening the intransigence of their attackers...
...Eisenhower cabinet "clearly represents a limited segment of the American people" and may bring "an arrogant and self-satisfied attitude toward foreign affairs," Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law, charged last night...
...Segment Three of Washington society is the only segment which Segment Three acknowledges. It is composed of the old Washington families, or "Cave Dwellers." Its leaders-generally Republican, generally of advanced age-are inclined to look upon the Eisenhowers as people come to rescue them after 20 years of darkness and horrid sounds. But they will want to look sharply at the deliverers before giving complete approval. The interest in Segment Three is mainly speleological...
...searching for a substitute to take Kaufman's place, was turned down by Newsman John Daly ("I think Kaufman's dismissal was both unnecessary and absurd"), Comic Garry Moore ("Responsible people shouldn't give way to the small segment of the public who are all too anxious to hunt for things to condemn"), and Veteran Fred Allen, who snapped: "This thing is ridiculous. There are only two good wits on television, Groucho Marx and George S. Kaufman. With Kaufman gone, TV is half-witted." Finally, CBS found a substitute in Steve (Songs for Sale) Allen...