Word: vinson
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Figure skating classes will be given for Harvard and Radcliffe students by Mrs. Maribel Vinson Owen at the Watson Rink, beginning Oct. 28. The course, for both beginning and experienced skaters, will run for ten weeks, and will not be repeated this year. Classes will be at 9-10 a.m. and 12-1 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays...
...known-and some Washingtonians believed that it had taken the court farther leftward than at any time since Franklin Roosevelt's day. Roosevelt's most liberal court was built (from 1943 to 1946) around Justices Hugo Black, William Douglas, Frank Murphy and Wiley Rutledge. Chief Justice Fred Vinson edged President Harry Truman's Supreme Court back onto conservative paths. Replacing Vinson (deceased). Earl Warren joined with Old Liberals Black and Douglas to walk hand in hand in the direction of liberalism, and the bloc has been strengthened by Eisenhower-appointed Democrat Brennan. Justices Tom Clark, John Marshall...
...Chairman Vinson D-Ga. of the Armed Services Committee and other Democrats said they thought the appropriations group had cut too deeply...
...remarked that he would "support a policy that would prevent Soviet aggression," but "the details will, of course, have to be worked out by the legislative arm." South Carolina's Olin Johnston was flatly against the whole plan. "I am supporting the President," drawled Georgia's Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Georgia's Richard Brevard Russell, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, thought that he could support the military warning to the Communists, was not so sure about granting what he called "virtually an unlimited policy of foreign...
Chief Justice Vinson, questioned about dissents in the court, once exploded; "Look, these are nine guys, all with some reputation, ability and confidence in themselves. If any Chief Justice can knock their heads together and get unanimity he's better than I am." Earl Warren, by persuasion rather than head-knocking, won unanimity in all the desegregation decisions. And it is in testament to his skill and effectiveness as Chief Justice that his will and his liberal bent have come to dominate the Supreme Court over the last year...