Word: sprang
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contest sprang from an attempt by three segregationist members of the six-member Little Rock school board to fire 44 high school teachers (TIME, May 25) accused not of professional failure but of holding "imprudent" attitudes toward segregation. Shocked at the suggestion, the board's three moderate members walked out, began boycotting board sessions. Around them rallied some of Little Rock's most respected groups, including the P.T.A. Council, the ministerial alliance, and the Chamber of Commerce board...
...state constitution bars him from succeeding himself in the big white Governor's mansion built by brother Huey, but last week paunchy Earl sprang plans for a brazen circumvention: he will 1) resign as Governor just before the Sept. 15 qualifying deadline, 2) turn over his office to loyal Lieutenant Governor Lether Frazar, 3) campaign for a new term as Frazar's successor-and thus, as even head-scratching lawyers had to acknowledge, technically avoid the constitutional ban on succeeding himself...
Suddenly the overcrowded boat sprang a hull leak, and a torrent of water gushed through. The Dandara came to a halt in midriver. Crewmen managed to transfer 50 passengers to a nearby barge, then desperately steered for shore. But near the bank, the panicking crowd rushed to the shoreside rails. Under the sudden weight, the Dandara slowly tipped onto its side...
After ten minutes of fighting, the senior army officer present finally ordered his men to clear a path for Inonu's car. (As the aging hero rolled past, many an army officer respectfully sprang to attention.) At Sultan Ahmet Square, site of the hippodrome where Byzantine mobs once fought out their political differences, a crowd of 7,000 broke through police lines to cheer Inonu with cries of "Hurriyet!" (Freedom). Police tried tear gas, only to have their grenades thrown back at them by foresighted demonstrators who came equipped with gloves. Undeterred by all the fighting, Inonu moved...
...Weeds sprang up; the mosaic tiles began to crack and fall; paintings were stored. In time, art lovers persuaded the government to maintain the church as a national monument and "a milestone in modern religious architecture." Still the Catholic Church refused consecration...