Word: statements
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Growing Up. Inherent in Garry's statement was the fact that 70 years of "Great White Father" paternalism has served only to perpetuate the Indian's own isolation in a fast-progressing, ever-changing country. Sympathetic bureau men are aware that their charges, now 500,000 strong (an increase of 250,000 since 1900), are held back by a desire to preserve their tribal identity and traditions and their confused distrust-sometimes justified-of the outside world...
With this terse statement, Princeton officially ended athletic relations with Harvard some 31 years ago this Nov.11. The reasons for this break were not a stolen drum or an injured linesman but a feeling "of many Harvard men that Princeton plays football in a manner unbecoming a gentleman and cares more for athletic victories than clean sportsmanship." Whether or not this feeling was prompted by the Tigers beating the Crimson 36-0 and 34-0 in 1924 and 1925 is unknown; the fact is that the two institutions did not compete against one another in any sport until...
...Morison, however, devotes a very interesting article to the unknown historian and his claims for recognition in the same fruitless way that Edwin W. Teale some pages before bids us preserve the bald eagle. Both articles, no matter how well done, seem excursions unrelated to The Atlantic's opening statement of high principle...
Because of the uniqueness of his post, Killian refused to comment on any future policies or actions. He said that "my first responsibility is to make myself available as promptly as possible to carry out the instructions and desires of the President." He would not make any statement on a possible "crash program" for the development of atomic missiles...
Sullivan refused to make any comment on the defeat of the two referendum questions. He also refused to make a statement on what he intended to do about the appointments for the school committee. "You can wait and report on it when the time comes," he said...