Word: sic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stern indeed. Thus Admiral Jaacob van Neck on the dodo bird, circa 1598: "They have thick heads only partially covered with feathers and in place of wings only a few black feathers. We called them DISGUSTING BIRDS, because the longer their flesh is cooked the more unpalatable it becomes." Sic transit dodo...
...Household word, household pet. Sic 'em, Spiro...
Afro's statement said, "Project Cambridge and its ill-fated predecessor, Project Camelot, both funded by the United States Department of Offense (sic), represent the transition in U. S. foreign policy from Imperialism to Psycho-Imperialism. They are prototype applications of social science data-gathering and model-building techniques to the Offense Department's 'global mission...
Since a ward system would give both Negro and Polish voters more representation, the two groups are engaged in clas sic political trading for the benefit of both. Though prejudice remains high, there is now even talk of a joint cultural fair in Detroit, with soul food and Polish sausages...
...Klux Klan regalia, haranguing his cronies. "The nigger should be returned to Africa, the Jew returned to Israel," said Brandenburg. "If our President, our Congress, our Supreme Court continues to suppress the white, Caucasian race, it's possible that there might have to be some revengence [sic] taken." Convicted of violating Ohio's criminal-syndicalism law by "advocating violence as a means to accomplish social reform," Brandenburg appealed to the state's highest court, but his plea was rejected on the grounds that "no substantial constitutional question exists." Not so, said the U.S. Supreme Court. Ohio...