Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from the list of approved textbooks for elementary and junior high school it deprived thousands of children of a chance to read one of the finest books ever written in this country and an all-time childhood classic. More important, it is an unfortunate example in minority censorship. The step, like the earlier panning of authors suspected of a pink tinge, represents a movement away from thoughtful and provocative education and toward an insipid parochialism in the public schools...
Fortunately, Wilson is retiring. Also, he is apparently out of step on this issue with his subordinates, including Admiral Arleigh Burke and General Maxwell Taylor, both of whom feel that brushfire conflicts, if crushed rapidly, can be contained...
...abandon his massive retaliation bluff in favor of a policy of tactical nuclear weapons for smaller wars, he must arrange with the Defense Department for the improvement of transportation facilities. While this might entail curtailment of Wilson's precious missile and bomber programs, it seems the only realistic step to take...
Beating Spahn, Milwaukee's 21-game winning ace, was an important step for the Yankees. Most observers figured 36-year-old Spahn has to win two games to end the Bombers' reign...
...gallery was the only commercial gallery in Cambridge when he opened it up six years ago. Then he says, he could step out for a cup of coffee almost any time, but now he never can because someone always comes in. "One person tells another about the place. That's the best kind of advertising...