Word: whitely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Unfinished Business." President Eisenhower, his personal leadership lifted to new highs of confidence by his triumph in Western Europe, was ready in the White House for whatever Khrushchev might bring. "The choice before world leaders is momentous," he said in a 15-minute TV talk to the nation. "It is my profound hope that some real progress will be forthcoming, even though no one would be so bold as to predict such an outcome. In this connection I know that neither America nor her allies will mistake good manners and candor for weakness; no principle or fundamental interest will...
Ford officials were mum on price. They said they do not want to tip off General Motors or Chrysler. But they encouraged speculation that the suggested factory list price (with federal taxes, stripped) will be "around" $2,000. With extras (ranging from heater and radio to automatic transmission, white sidewalk, safety padding, etc.), the fully equipped, two-and four-door sedans (coming next spring: a station wagon) will probably carry about the same factory list price (with taxes: $2,250) as the present cheapest ("300" series) Ford, stripped. To Ford's Breech, the sales price will be no worry...
East Indies. If there is a fault, it lies in the question: How much of a good thing is bearable? The little girl is surrounded by servants who know more than their place; they know their background of overriding superstition in which native magic is more powerful than any white man's god. They obey their masters and know their masters' weaknesses. Their own lives encompass an area to which the white folks have no pass, and it is one of Author Dermout's virtues that she can suggest this life without dragging the reader through kitchens...
...Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry's poignant prizewinning first play about a Chicago Negro family that yearns to leave the black South Side jungle for a place in the white suburban...
...Arris Goes to Paris, Gallico (9) NONFICTION 1. For 2? Plain, Golden (1) 2. The Status Seekers, Packard (2) 3. The Years With Ross, Thurber (4) 4. How I Turned $1,000 into $1,000,000 in Real Estate, Nickerson (3) 5. The Elements of Style, Strunk and White (5) 6. The Great Impostor, Crichton (10) 7. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (6) 8. Richard Nixon, Mazo (8) 9. My Brother Was an Only Child, Douglas 10. Mine Enemy Grows Older, King...