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...book does all the routine things: it follows cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail, discuses the economics of cattle ranching, tracks down desperadoes, and refights the Lincoln Country War. But in this account some af the characters are Negroes. And there the novelty ends. Durham and Jones don't brandish evidence in the face of a complacent public; they are satisfied simply with setting down records and anecdotes proving the prominence of the Negro in the Old West. They emphasize, in fact, that the lives of the Negro cowboys "were like those of all other cowboys-hard and dangerous...
...nesting on the beach. To add to the general misery, a light rain was falling. Suddenly, the kids began ranging through town in packs, stopping traffic, banging on cars, chanting ("Up the Mods"), looking for trouble. They raided cafes for dishes and glasses to throw, knives and forks to brandish, chased each other up the beaches and down the streets under a hail of rocks and crockery. On the promenade, herds of noisy Rocker motorcycles roared incessantly; buzzing them in hand-to-handlebar combat were enough Mod motor scooters to hold mass Vespa services...
...fight will take place at 10 a.m. Friday at MDC headquarters, 20 Somerset St., when the plans for the construction will be unveiled. Several hundred citizens are expected to turn out to protest; the meeting may be moved if the hearing room proves too small. Demonstrators outside will brandish signs like "Why Throw Our $6 Million Down the Underpasses...
Whatever the legislature finally does, Nebraska merchants and lenders have a nonlegal threat of their own to brandish at installment purchasers who halt payments or bring lawsuits: they won't extend any more credit. Growled an Omaha banker: "Those who take advantage of these court decisions better have the cash next time they want to buy something...
Many people who are sympathetic toward the Negro civil rights drive are, for various reasons, reluctant to go to jail, sit in front of bulldozers, brandish placards, or even wear obtrusive lapel buttons. A gathering of such fastidious people met last June in the town house of Mrs. Louis S. Gimbel Jr., a New York social and philanthropic leader. Among the guests: Showman Billy Rose, Singer Lena Home, Broadway Producer Leonard Sillman. The purpose of the gathering was to talk about what celebrities could do to help the civil rights movement. All agreed that there was a need for some...