Word: whereof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Southland," said John Howard O'Dowd to his fellow South Carolinians, "is becoming a place where nonconcurrence with the established orthodoxy is cause for rejection and social ostracism." As editor of the Florence, S.C. Morning News (circ. 14,219), young (29) O'Dowd knew whereof he spoke. Because he had broken "the established orthodoxy'' by calling for moderation on the desegregation issue, O'Dowd was pressured into dropping the whole subject of racial integration from the News's editorial page (TIME, April...
Addressing the annual United States Attorneys' conference in Washington, Rogers gave the attorneys a clear warning. "The department." he said, "hopes and expects to reduce this backlog of pending cases by 25% by next June 30-or by 7,500 cases at least." Rogers knew whereof he spoke. Of the 15 federal judges in the District of Columbia, only three sat last July, four in August and one in September-although the docket is two years behind. In the six-judge Brooklyn court, no civil case was tried during July, August and September. This was in a district where...
...come for the first discussion of President Roosevelt's postwar dream, a world organization to maintain peace and security. What voice should be allowed the small nations of the world? Prime Minister Churchill genially paraphrased Shakespeare: "The eagle should permit the small birds to sing and care not whereof they sing...
...discussing freedom of the press, Hu Shih knew whereof he spoke: he had lent his name to the critical fortnightly, Free China, which Wu conceded to be an exception to his accusation. Hu Shih's retort: Whoever heard of a police state that permitted "exceptional" freedom...
...happy good-night air Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew...