Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Varsity coach Lloyd Jordan yesterday agreed with Centre's Director of Athletics, Briscoe Inman, stating that a game with the once-famous "Praying Colonels" of Danville, Ky. "would be great from a traditional standpoint...
...Sergeant Meryll, whose hearty lustiness dominated almost every scene that he was in. His second act duet with Marietta Perl, who made the most of "shrew" part as Dame Carruthers despite a little difficulty with her voice range, was the high point of the show from the comic standpoint...
Nevertheless, Detroit is becoming aware that more horsepower will soon get past the point of paying dividends-both from an engineering and a public-relations standpoint. For 1956, the industry is making another pitch to car buyers: more safety-with seat belts, shock-absorbing steering wheels and padded instrument panels. Some industry officials think that engines may climb as high as 400 h.p. but not much higher. Says Ford's Continental Chief Bill Ford: "Up in that range pure horsepower is useless. You step on the accelerator and just burn rubber. You may have the most...
...million was wreaked on the stores, homes and possessions of Greeks in Turkey; scores of Greek Orthodox churches in the country were fired or defaced; some 300 persons were injured. It became evident that the Turkish government had not wanted to halt the violence or-worse from a standpoint of stability in a NATO country-had been unable to stem it. "I must admit," said Menderes, "that we were exposed to a national catastrophe, the object of a real attack by surprise." Western diplomats were also slow to realize how deep and serious was the revulsion in Greece. The Greek...
Hard to Procrastinate. Achieving desegregation, county by county, school district by school district, throws upon Marshall a tremendous load of responsibility and decision. The present picture from state to state varies over a wide range (see Report Card). Oklahoma is. from N.A.A.C.P.'s standpoint, surprisingly good, North Carolina surprisingly bad. In some areas, Marshall may not want, for tactical reasons, to bring suit now-but when local N.A.A.C.P. people urge him, he finds it bitterly hard to procrastinate, lest those men and women who sign the petitions feel that the N.A.A.C.P. has let them down. In other areas...