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...chiefly because he felt that it was unwise of the liberals to give up a weapon that could save the day for them sometime. "To those of you who wish to alter radically the balance of power between a majority in the Senate and a minority, I say, You Sow tre Wind, for minorities change and the time will surely come when you will feel the hot breath of a righteous majority at the back of you own neck." To many liberals, this is all very irrelevant to the business of obtaining full civil rights now. But to Ennuy?...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, Albert B. Crenshaw, and Donal F. Holway, S | Title: Portraits of Some Freshman Senators | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

...inspiration to teach in a school that meets each child's needs without frustrating him." The few complaints are mostly from parents whose kids seem to be moving slowly. "The plan makes a wonderful scapegoat if the school can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," says Principal Miriam Burton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schools: Ungraded Primary | 3/22/1963 | See Source »

...Lisa (Janet Margolin) is a 15-year-old girl with soft brown eyes and schizophrenia. She is split into two well-defined personalities. As Lisa she is a silly four-year-old who talks all the time but only in a "word salad" seasoned with rhyme ("A big fat sow-and how and how"); as Muriel she is a demure adolescent who communicates in writing because she can't talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Children in Darkness | 12/28/1962 | See Source »

...record companies were getting a rude surprise. Through bunk and ballyhoo, they had for decades been turning sows' ears into silk purses. Now they had found a silk purse that had no desire to become a sow's ear. The girl did not want to be exploited, squeezed, and stuffed with cash. Joan eventually signed with a little outfit called Vanguard, which is now a considerably bigger outfit called Vanguard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folk Singing: Sibyl with Guitar | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

Grunt No. 1-contentment. Grunt No. 2-"Here I am." Grunt No. 3-"I'm in a bad mood." Grunt No. 4-"Let me alone." Nursing sows have special grunts for their piglets: Sow grunt No. 1-"Come and get it." Sow grunt No. 2-"Finish your dinner." Sow grunt No. 3-"Watch out, kids. I'm going to move and may squash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Language of Oink | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

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