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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...constitutionality of anti-miscegenation legislation has not yet been determined by the United States Supreme Court. In 1883, in Pace v. Alabama, the Court ruled that interracial fornication and adultry could be more severely punished than the same crime committed on an intraracial basis. It held that the law did not violate the "equal protection" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because both Negroes and whites were being punished equally. But the Pace decision did not discuss the issue of marriage...
...Parking. Thailand now has few er than 10,000 registered working elephants v. some 150,000 automobiles. Says one old-school Thai: "Oh, yes, rich men still use elephants, but only when they go into the forest to work. Where friends can see them, they ride automobiles instead...
...promise to continue Betancourt's successful economic and social reforms. But he lacks Betancourt's flair and almost hypnotic hold on back-country campesinos; squabbles within A.D. also worked against him. As a result, Leoni and A.D. won only 33% of the vote last week (v. nearly 50% in 1958), enough to elect Leoni President but far from enough for a working majority in Congress...
...roly-poly ruler of Renaissance Bavaria, diamonds were a duke's best friend. Albrecht V nearly emptied the privy purse in 1565 to buy the 27 jewel-studded pieces-primarily cups and goblets-that formed the original Schatzkammer (treasure chamber) of the Wittelsbach family, which ruled Bavaria from 1180 to 1918. But to Albrecht, competing for glory with monarchs from Madrid to Moscow, it was worth every pfennig. Over the centuries, the treasure grew in splendor and size; its 1,224 pieces rank it with the four largest royal treasure chambers that survived the decline of Europe...
...lineup: Rose Bowl, Illinois (7-1-1) v. Washington (6-4-0); Sugar Bowl, Mississippi (7-0-2) v. Alabama (7-2-0); Orange Bowl, Nebraska (9-1-0) v. Auburn (9-1-0); Bluebonnet Bowl, Louisiana State (7-3-0) v. Baylor (6-3-0); Cotton Bowl, Texas (10-0-0) v. Navy (8-1-0) or Pitt...