Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...million boost for 885,000 civil-service employees-an average of $125 each (but trimming the pay limit of $15,000 set by the House...
Among the most important decisions expected are those on civil rights and interpretation of the fourteenth amendment. At the time of its adjournment in June, the court had not acted on the Henderson case involving segregation on southern railroads, or the disputes concerning segregation in southern universities. The Henderson appeal came up from the Baltimore Federal District Court which ruled that, since there was no evidence of inequality, Henderson, a negro, failed to show where his rights as a citizen were abridged. Thus, the Supreme Court must decide whether, as Henderson alleges, "inequality always accompanies segregation...
...Harvard group includes two architects, two lawyers, four journalists, an economist, a teacher, a social worker, and a civil service worker. Their ages run from...
...Spain, used a Madrid office to collect the profits from the huge power interests it owned in Argentina (CADE). Heineman hastily moved CHADE to Luxembourg, where it transformed itself into SODEC (an identity it had used in a previous move to save its financial skin during Spain's civil...
...operation in Austria, the seminar has an alumni body of almost 1000 in 17 countries of both East and West. The students who attended the summer sessions--and they were not students in the ordinary sense, since many already had their Doctor's Degrees and were established in journalism, civil service, theater, art, music, or teaching--have spend six weeks studying all aspects of American culture with leading American professors. This academic focus makes the Seminar unique among organization working for international understanding, for it bases friendship and appreciation of other viewpoints on common work land study. A sociological project...