Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...maneuver carefully planned by the Consolidated Parent Group, an organization of Negro parents headed by a barbershop owner who once paid a $10 fine for taking his three-year-old daughter into a white playground in Washington. The other four cases before the court, from South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and Kansas, were brought about in much the same manner by the N.A.A.C.P. The legal technicalities in the lawsuits differ somewhat from case to case,* but the aim is the same: mixed schools...
...Well, Virginia, every year about this time we've been telling you that Santa Claus exists all right, that he'll be down your chimney this year with his bundle of presents, round and jolly as ever. So this year we sat down and said to ourselves, have we been giving this kid the straight dope these many years? Is there really a Santa Claus this year...
...poor. But he has been given a security clearance to make the rounds this year, and he'll be coming down your chimney next week if you haven't put up too many screens to guard against subversive infiltration. The Christmas spirit is still alive and kicking, Virginia, and Santa Claus, even if he is forced to wear red, white, and blue, and carry a pass, will still be Santa Claus this year. Merry Christmas...
Three doctors from the University of Virginia's School of Medicine charted the physician's responsibility in the prevention of accidents. It begins, they said, with the detection of disorders of the nervous system which may predispose a patient to highway accidents. Chief among these: an uncontrollable tendency to fall asleep (narcolepsy), both petit-mal and grand-mal epilepsy, brain hemorrhages, mental deficiencies and illnesses, Parkinsonism, the aftereffects of lobotomy, and paralysis of nerve centers which govern muscles...
...among these are tunnel vision-the ability to see straight ahead, but not far enough to the right or left-and disorders of the labyrinth of the ear, which controls balance. Also, there is the matter of age: "All [drivers] over 65 should have annual re-evaluations," said the Virginia doctors...