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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actually, attempts to disobey a law in support of some larger cause are not at all unknown in American history. The Underground Railroad before the Civil War was clearly designed to side-track the Fugitive Slave Law and speed escaping slaves to Canada. Suffragettes, too, were willing to break ordinance after ordinance to extend the vote...

Author: By John G. Wofford, | Title: Gandhi's Sword in Alabama | 3/28/1956 | See Source »

Probably the basic reason for this feeling of relative satisfaction on the part of the majority of the Russians was the economic security, not the constant barrage of propaganda. Unemployment is virtually unknown, according to Malia, although there is a considerable degree of under-employment. What little unemployment there is exists in the large cities...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: A Closer Look at the Russian Point of View | 3/22/1956 | See Source »

About 1000 species were collected on the expedition, including 100 unknown before. In addition to the discovery of the Ceylon ant, the expedition fulfilled two major purposes; expanding the insect holdings of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and collecting and studying data on the distribution and behavior of ants from Fiji to Australia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Scientists Find Key Link in Ant Evolution | 3/20/1956 | See Source »

Franklin D. Roosevelt called Washington Columnist Drew Pearson "a chronic liar." President Truman called him "an s.o.b." Last week Columnist Pearson got further presidential notice. Pearson had written that, unknown to newsmen cover ing President Eisenhower's recent "golfing-hunting sojourn" with Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey at Thomasville, Ga.. Vice President Nixon had paid Ike "a secret visit" to talk about his own renomination. Next day at Ike's press conference, a newsman asked: "At any time while you were in Thomasville. did Vice President Nixon meet with you there?" Replied the President emphatically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: No, No, No | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...unknown origin, infectious blushing causes nothing worse than a ruddy rash, perhaps a low fever, and some itching as it subsides. The great majority of victims have been children, who were ordered kept out of school for five days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Infectious Blushing | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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