Word: turning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the turn of the century, presidents, Congress and prevailing public opinion in the North agreed to leave the "Negro Problem" in the hands of "intelligent Southern white men." Booker T. Washington, in his Atlanta "Compromise" Address, September 18, 1895, greatly strengthened this concept. The fact that a Negro opposed "artificial forcing" and urged reliance on "Southern write friends" made it one of the main currents of American thought. Hodding Carter, one of the best known contemporary Southern white liberals, has considerable support in the North when he insists "Leave us alone." There...
America's natural resources are strictly limited, and their preservation requires a careful, foresighted use of them. For hydro-electrical potential and public lands, for wildlife and fisheries management, for all the resources under the public domain, the America of tomorrow requires that we turn our backs on the wasteful ways of today, that we hold firm to what remains and use it wisely in the years to come...
...holders of its shares-900,000 in all-would receive $320 per share, or almost twice the current market price, plus whatever indemnity the company could get from Nasser. If, as is far more likely, the company should decide to expand its portfolio and stay in business, it could turn itself into one of Europe's largest investment trusts...
...Each year it has been necessary to turn down more and better students. This fact may have discouraged some from applying...
Returning students were greeted by 41 degree cold on Registration Day, September 21. Whether or not Registration affected the weather, it did turn out to be the coldest day in this coldest month...