Word: tilled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shortly after the Supreme Court's decision in May, 1954, outlawing segregation in public schools, sociologists warned that race relations in this country were likely to become worse before getting better. The Till murder trial, the riots surrounding Autherine Lucy's attempt to enter the University of Alabama, the mobilization of white citizens' councils, the rantings of Eastland and Talmadge all point to the discouraging conclusion that the sociologists were right. But to say that tensions are rising and that extremists are capturing public attention is not to say there is no hope: the hope must lie with moderates...
...stand and shout till the last man's out: There was never a guy like Ruth...
Impartially athletic, Robin switched to basketball with the season. When his mother would try to get him to do some work around the place, he would put her off: "Naw, Mom. I'm a ballplayer. You just wait till I get into the major leagues. Then I'll build you a house." Even Tom Roberts came to respect his son's determination. "You just had to go along," he says today. "He wouldn't do nuthin' else...
...Landy made the same mistake he made two summers ago in Vancouver, B.C., when he lost the British Empire Games' Miracle Mile to Dr. Roger Bannister. He looked back over his shoulder. Bailey shot past on the outside, picked up a yard lead, and hung on to it till the finish...
Coming to Commonwealth Avenue Fewer people are cheering us. More laughing. Just wait till the straightaway comes. We're saving our energy...