Word: smile
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Georgy Zarubin surveyed the ceiling and the woodwork with the detachment of a minion of George III; then the Soviet ambassador smiled a faint smile. "Yes, of course. I understand." he commented on Mrs. Henderson's little talk. "Very nice...
...similarities in clothing, automobiles, leisure, and most of the personal people--the smile, the kind word, the interest each person is supposed to take in his neighbor by using first names--hide poorly the great barriers of prejudice. Let's not elaborate upon the Negroes, who are strictly excluded from the lives of whites, killed in the south and shunned in the North, and who, practicably speaking, have never vote nor representative in government . . . . This segregation is of a political, psychoanalytical, and meta-physical nature. In a land which is so proud of what it calls "social mobility" which becomes...
...situation will not be eased by making Mr. Vellucci smile, but by having fewer cars, more space, or both. The University has traditionally attacked the car side of the problem--sending discouraging circulars to Freshman car owners and by enforcing Cambridge regulations which forbid overnight parking. But the University not only enforces the Cambridge regulations with zeal matching the Cambridge police department's; it also gives higher fines, probation for continued violations, and more tickets more often. This may discourage College car owners, but violates the idea that students should be treated equally with Cambridge residents. The University may well...
...These criticisms may be emotional reactions to what is intrinsically difficult," Parsons believes, though he emphasizes "But I wouldn't be the best judge of this." He does look forward to when "sociology will very likely go mathematical." With a reserved smile, he predicts that then those who are unwilling to wrestle with complexities will stop reading sociology entirely. In writing five large books in as many years, however, Parsons admits he could not produce "polished or perfect" works. But sociology is not yet ready for a definitive work, he believes. When so many important problems await original exploration, "perfection...
Like Shane and Hondo, Jubal is just one of those ordinary cowboys who can shoot like Buffalo Bill, ride like the Lone Ranger and smile like Roy Rogers. And, like every other cowboy (except Roy Rogers), Jubal has had an unhappy family life--Mama Jubal hated him intensely and Papa Jubal was sliced to pieces by a steamboat...