Word: themes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This theme-the old South in an agonizing self-appraisal-is subtly stitched through most of Baldy's work, now and then shows up with stark clarity, as in the cartoon that won him a Sigma Delta Chi award last month (see cut). No integrationist, Atlanta's Baldy crusades only for reason. "As far as I'm concerned," he says, "the only thing worse than mixing the races in school is closing the schools. But my mother doesn't feel as strongly about segregation as her mother felt...
...central theme of the essay is clear: "There is a dearth of self-propelled students in the local environment." Or, in other words, we are all too "other-directed" for our own good. "Other-directed," that is, to the point of being individually original, which, in the words of at least one professor in the community, is "a seeming paradox...
...I.C.C. officials-some of whom were visiting the U.S. for the first time-the President extended an invitation to "see all you can of our country . . . You will not be pleased with everything you see. Neither are we. But you will see us as we are." Repeating his favorite theme that a "free market economy . . . can outproduce any other kind of economy known to man," Ike left the I.C.C. meeting with a succinct reminder: "The old saying was that 'Trade follows the flag.' But the flag of which I speak is an international banner-that of freedom...
...then I decided that what I wanted to do most was fight bulls." Writing in the sixth grade on his life's ambition, he drew an F-minus and a stern note from his teacher: "Baron, I expect you to stay in this afternoon and write a reasonable theme. Who ever heard of people these days being bullfighters...
...four distribution-raising Peter's total to ten shares. By week's end, as General Development's old stock bounded back to 55⅛, Peter's original investment of $153.50 had a market value of $220.50. Wrote Peter in a school theme: "I worked hard and made a small fortune. Now I have invested the money, and I am going to relax and make a big fortune...