Word: suite
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jauntily turned out in glen plaid suit and lemon shirt, New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller went through one buoyant morning's routine in the State Capitol at Albany. He presided over a swearing-in, sat on the carpeted floor with delighted schoolchildren visitors, charmed a delegation of Methodist churchwomen. Cracked he, as a photographer posed a group portrait: "I have to be careful who I stand behind. My wife sees these pictures, you know." Amid the badinage, Nelson Rockefeller did not betray by so much as a flicker of an eye the fact that his reputation...
...Shotputter Parry O'Brien was watching a track meet from the stands, saw University of Southern California Freshman Dallas Long uncork a heave of 63 ft. 4 in., apparently breaking O'Brien's world record. O'Brien promptly left his seat, changed into a track suit, went out and heaved the shot 63 ft. 6 in. Said O'Brien: "I had to do it. What would people think?" But neither performance counted because the field sloped...
...this 22-word prayer an encroachment on the right to religious freedom? Recited in unison by schoolchildren, the prayer begins each school day in the suburban Long Island school district of Herricks. Last week five property owners in the district brought suit in the New York State Supreme Court to end the practice, waited for a ruling later this month...
...American Civil Liberties Union backed the suit, and Attorney William Butler, presenting the property owners' objections in court, contended that the prayer violates principles set down in the ist and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. The A.C.L.U. took the case, he said, because even though the prayer is nondenominational, it is "offensive" to some parents. Orthodox Jews, he noted, customarily pray in Hebrew and with their heads covered...
...time reaching the courts. It was approved by the New York State board of regents in 1951, and has since been used by several other New York school districts. Herricks schools began the daily custom last fall. Said School Board President William Vitale: "I can only conclude that this suit is a premeditated act to undermine the American heritage. This is not a religious issue. It's simply a matter of giving our children additional moral and spiritual help and recognition of God." Added Daiker: "The Supreme Court itself starts each day with the words, 'God bless...