Word: sufferance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though Howard may suffer temporarily (but not too severely: 75 major corporations recruited Howard seniors this year, and all 66 engineering graduates were snapped up), President-elect Nabrit thinks he knows how to get the scholarship level up where he wants it. He is determined to press for a better academic break for Southern Negro high school students. But his main goal is a kind of reverse integration for Howard itself. Instead of holding the line to accommodate Negroes, he intends to hike standards to the point where Howard will attract top scholars of all races-be they white, yellow...
...International Sugar Council, which set Cuba's 1960 sugar export quota at 2,700,000 tons, excluding its shipments to the U.S. The world already has 13.7 million tons of surplus sugar, will add another 600,000 tons this year. The question is not whether the U.S. will suffer any sugar shortage-it will not-but rather it is who will inherit the market that Cuba loses...
...appeal as to whether or not a marriage is valid in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church. Its wheels grind slowly: the average case drags on for four to five years, and some may last for 20. When one woman complained to a churchman that her beauty might suffer, he replied: "Madame, the church has observed that in 20 years one or all of the parties may be dead, and the matter resolves itself...
...expected, but his erratic putter was so steady that his two-round total of 135 was the lowest in Open history. Full of his customary good cheer, Souchak seemed about to disprove the old golfing axiom that relaxed guys finish last. But in the third round, Souchak began to suffer. Startled by the sudden sound of a spectator's camera, he drove out-of-bounds on the 18th, and smiled no more. Still, going into the final round, he had what seemed a safe, two-stroke lead on the field. Taut with frustration, Arnold Palmer was still floundering back...
...Chicago this week Federal Judge Julius Miner has ordered Sayen to explain why such a basically healthy group as the pilots should suddenly suffer so many illnesses. He advised Sayen to be armed with medical affidavits to back up his case...