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Word: wouldn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some rituals are symbolically important and others are not; and the question as to when to make a stand is often not easy: I am reminded of the man in Nazi Germany who went to a psychiatrist because his right arm was paralyzed--his arm wouldn't let him give the Nazi salute that the situation demanded of him. I think the disclaimer affidavit is an important symbol for (like Dean John Monro and many others) I don't want to see students made even more cautious by such reminders of potential danger in political involvement; and I believe such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NDEA | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

Watson commented yesterday that "it wouldn't surprise me a bit" if the move failed. Perkins, although he refused to consider the outcome of the issue, dismissed the idea of "horse-trading" hours from one day to another as "nonsense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chance Dim For Change In Parietals | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

...European tradition of the coffee house as a place to meet and converse with friends, Miss Yanguas does not allow any guitar playing or background music in her cafe. Even Segovia would not be allowed to disturb the quiet. Nor will she permit eccentric barefoot students to enter. "You wouldn't go to see a friend without your shoes," she declares...

Author: By Alice E. Kinzler, | Title: Continental Cafe | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

...Marshall who got him to change his mind in favor of an assault across the English Channel. Marshall's fondest hope was that he could break out of the deskbound frustration of the staff planner to command the Normandy invasion, but Franklin Roosevelt turned him down: "I wouldn't sleep at night with you out of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Soldier | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

...prison officials, is based on realism. "I don't approve of gambling personally," says Art Bernard, who was Nevada State Prison warden until last spring. "But I am a great believer in facing facts. Making it legitimate for the prisoners gives you a control over it that you wouldn't have otherwise. It gives them something to do; if they have to walk the yard when they are not working, they get nervous. That's when you start having trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Cons at Cards | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

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