Word: towards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...somewhat more approving view toward permitting people to move was expressed by Charles H. Taylor, Master of Kirkland House. Taylor felt that if criteria for moving were established "where there was real necessity as against whim, this might have certain possibilities...
...planned, but not enough to still the storm of criticism across the land. "The basic reason we're behind the Russians," cried a major defense contractor, "is that we haven't gone all out." Electronics and airframe experts angrily recalled the casual attitude of Defense Secretary Wilson toward research and development...
...Negro folk version of the Old Testament. This week, on NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., E.D.T.), TV will catch up to it with an adaptation by Playwright Connelly himself. But in the 27 years since Green Pastures excited Broadway, public attitudes toward both religion and the Negro have changed-and so has this week's script. Many a theater lover might wistfully recall when Pastures looked greener...
...Sloan & Pearce, $5; Pocket Books, 50?). To the original edition, which has sold more than 9,000,000 copies since 1946, Author Spock has added some 100 pages. The gist of his revisions and additions reflects the changing climate of the past decade: parents ought to be more permissive toward themselves, rely more on their own judgment and less on books-including Dr. Spock...
...debate could easily strain the situation even more. The strong Afro-Asian bloc will, unless France takes steps toward mediation with the nationalists, press for condemnation of French military action in Algeria. Such a step will only serve to heighten tension between the two countries and block hopes of settlement...