Word: welling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blustery winter, a well-known admiral turned into the hospital with a slight touch of the flu. Being a high-ranking officer, he also rated a Marine sentry. One mid-April afternoon, when one sentry was supposed to be on the job in front of the admiral's door, the chair was unoccupied and remained that way for the rest of the day. It seems that the admiral had invited the sentry to accompany him to the opening game of the major-league baseball season, providing his car, cigars and box seats for the occasion. "Bull" Halsey...
...City more than half the schools are in fact "segregated." Result: lower standards, poorer teachers, glaring evidence that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." Last week proudly tolerant New Yorkers were reminded that the nation's leading unfinished morality play is being staged on their own doorsteps, as well as in Atlanta and Little Rock. For a provocative report on a subtle sociological disease, see EDUCATION...
...very well for Washington to sit around and talk sportily about ultimately outdoing the Soviets through longterm, highly sophisticated space programs. But while the U.S. is talking a good game, the U.S.S.R. is out playing it-for keeps...
...Alexander P. Chopin, chairman of the New York Shipping Association, answered Bradley: "The public, which relied on the news of the extension to get thousands of tons of cargo moving toward the piers, have also been victimized by this flagrant violation of agreements. This may very well lead to one of the largest and costliest damage suits ever filed against a union...
Reports from the practice field indicate that the varsity is rounding into top mental condition as well. Workouts have been hard and successful preparation for the meeting with Cornell, and the team is definitely "up" for the game...