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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several recent "hopeful" articles have appeared in national publications implying the success of Southern desegregation. But a careful examination of the locale of these stories will convince thoughtful readers that no such conclusion is to be drawn. In the main, such stories stem from border areas of the South or isolated sections where the ratio of Negro and white is more nearly that of the North. School boards which have agreed, without protest, to abide by the recent ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court and Negro children to formerly white schools do not represent the attitude of the Deep South...
...good to see the Government considering "positive" action to stem the Communist threat. The Communists have had the initiative long enough . . . Let's call their bluff and go on to show these people of underdeveloped countries that our way of life is far superior to anything the Russians could ever think...
...petitioners must also prove their case against Harvard to defeat the Attorney General. The gap between the opinions is narrower than at the dispute's earlier stages; with the concession of January 1953, there is less to argue about. The primary differences, however, still seem to stem from different conceptions of what, exactly, the Arboretum is. The arguments in Harvard's favor seem to view the trust as a fund with a set of purposes attached, while the petitioners focus on what is going to happen to those 265 acres in Jamaica Plain. The Association sees only the collapse...
...decline and fall of Harvard football against Massachusetts didn't stem from the mistakes and inexperience in the Harvard backfield. The veteran Harvard line, conceded by its opponents to put more limits on power than the Supreme Court, tired quickly in the plus underrated opponents from Amherst to a standstill...
Instead. Jefferson agreed with research which suggests that there exists a waking center within some nerve cells in the brain stem and basal ganglia called "retic-ular formations." Sleep comes when this waking center is deactivated, probably by enzymes. But how this happens is unknown...