Word: topically
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...believe my country to be a repair of cobras, vipers and cockroaches-to say nothing of the Viet Cong-where those who do not contract dysentery are liable to die from the heat, I am at a loss to understand why you should give such generous coverage to a topic which hardly seems to merit this treatment...
...Separation Sinful? The bishop is willing to risk unpopular stands on ecclesiastical issues as well. Kennedy approaches the topic of church union...
Chief among his eccentricities was a passion for speaking out in the lecture room on every conceivable topic. What he liked, he praised with elaborate encomiums, phrased in flawless English, seasoned with appropriate Latin or Greek quotations. What he disliked, he loathed and damned with vehemence, often using Arabic or Turkish oaths to communicate his emotion, frequently turning purple with rage...
...Adam Clayton Powell (D.N.Y.), whose last scheduled appearance here was cancelled when he became involved in a Harlem libel trial, has agreed again to address the Harvard Radcliffe Young Democrats. The speech will be given at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Lowell Lecture Hall, Powell's topic has not been set, but he is expected to comment on the civil-rights bill...
...fact that his fellow civil rights proponents were "contribut ing innocently or inadvertently to the so-called filibuster." He said he had been holding a watch as Virginia Democrat Willis Robertson, who makes no bones about being one of the filibusterers, spoke directly on the topic of civil rights. Said Cotton: "I discovered that when the Senator from Virginia was credited with having occupied the time from approximately 10:30 until approximately 1:30, nearly one of those three hours was taken up by other Senators on extraneous subjects having nothing to do with civil rights. Many of those Senators...