Word: truthful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final vote, school aid was defeated 224 (119 Republicans, 105 Democrats) to 194 (119 Democrats, 75 Republicans). Each side promptly accused the other of wrecking the bill. The truth was that both sides, by acting on politics and prejudice, had killed school...
Some were quick to say that all this meant nothing, and others to say how helpful the discussions were. The truth seems to be that the Commonwealth, which means a great deal to some of its older hands, is to some of its proud and newer independents only a forum, another gathering place on the international circuit, which is acceptable so long as it makes no demands. An uncoerced assemblage, the Commonwealth often finds its strength defined by the willingness of its least enthusiastic members...
...Holy Koran exhorts the faithful, "but if you fear you will not be equitable, then only one, or what your right hands own, so it is likelier you will not be partial." Through 13 centuries, Moslem males have enjoyed polygamy and insisted that they have avoided partiality. But the truth is quite otherwise, to hear the 20,000 members of the All-Pakistan Women's Association tell it. "If any man is honest with himself and understands human nature," argued one passionate Pakistani feminist, "he will realize that he cannot treat four wives equally...
...guardian, brother and brother, cousin and cousin, landlord and tenant, illiterate manual laborer and cultured lawyer, and so on. And if this probing embarrasses the spectators by forcing them to associate what they see with their own family experiences, so much the better; for "I've hit the inner truth," Miller once said, "only when I embarrass myself...
Lady Sings the Blues has the tone of truth. Whether it is Singer Holiday's own style or Journalist-Friend William Dufty's professional hand, the book's deadpan manner is a little chilling. No matter how it is told, hers is a chilling story. Billie sings a sad, sad song...