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...know why there was a question mark in Klein's title phrase "America Divided?" I have been around since the Franklin Roosevelt Administration and have never seen anything like the divisions today. The public reaction to the McCarthy witch hunts in the 1950s, the 1954 court decision on separate-but-equal schooling, the 1964 civil rights legislation and the 1974 Watergate affair did not exhibit the deep schisms apparent in the U.S. today. The divisions are the worst since the Civil War. RALPH CRAIG Amherst, Mass...
...know why there was a question mark in Klein's title phrase "America Divided?" I have been around since the Franklin Roosevelt Administration and have never seen anything like the division in the U.S. today. The public reaction to the Joe McCarthy witch hunts in the 1950s, the 1954 court decision on separate-but-equal schooling, the 1964 civil rights legislation and the 1974 Watergate affair did not exhibit the deep schisms apparent in the U.S. today. The divisions are the worst since the Civil War. Ralph Craig Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. After reading Klein's column, I'm left...
...flour sack, an apron does double duty as protection and decoration. An old apron's faded pattern seems a memory of itself. Its soft, well-washed fabric feels as soothing as soup. But an apron also represents a woman kept in her place. The pert hostess aprons of the 1950s, with their printed poodles and cheery appliques, might seem these days to have tried too hard to put a good face on things. There are some Americans who would just as soon slip a burqa over their daughter's head, and others for whom an apron draped over a chair...
DIED. SUNE BERGSTROM, 88, Nobel laureate who in the 1950s helped discover the structure and function of prostaglandins, a family of hormones that play a vital role in a host of bodily functions; in Stockholm. Drugs derived from the chemicals are widely used in birth control, abortion, pain relief and the prevention of blood clots...
...note, a photocopy of which was obtained by Time, Provenzano finalizes an underling's repayment of a small debt and then signs off with: "God bless and protect you!" Since Provenzano disappeared 40 years ago, the trail has been thin indeed. Police have fingerprints dating back to the 1950s, photos from 1959 and a computer-generated composite image of what he might look like now. But law-enforcement officials have no personal belongings or telephone recordings. In April 2003, police seized a man in downtown Palermo they were sure was Provenzano, but he turned out to be a doorman...