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...Lost Fervor. By this time, King has discovered that Albany will not give way as easily as did Montgomery, Ala. during his famous 1956 bus boycott. Albany's dominant whites, politicians and businessmen alike, have so far refused Negro appeals to establish even a basis of communication between the two groups. Increasingly, Negroes, though still united in their aim, are being discouraged by a sense of failure: each protest march ends in jail. As much as the pleas of King, the presence of Police Chief Laurie Pritchett, 36, an intelligent officer who has dealt unemotionally and with dignity with...
Decidedly Different. It all seemed pretty familiar-the homey pitch, the church-folk tone, the appeal to kinship. But as Orval Faubus canvassed Arkansas last week, something was decidedly different. Gone was the fiery segregationist fervor that only five years ago spread his name through the world as the villain of Little Rock. Gone were his sarcastic references to "outsiders," to federal troops, to the Supreme Court, to the monstrous, power-grabbing U.S. Government. No longer did he hold up segregation literature and talk about the evils of integration; he scarcely mentioned integration at all. In fact, hard...
...aloud that he did not expect many people to come to hear him speak on such a fine day. "They'd rather be at the beach," he said. But when his helicopter settled down, there were 100,000 waiting to listen and cheer. Kennedy, obviously pleased, responded with fervor. As he promised a partnership between the U.S. and a new Europe (see THE WORLD), he spoke in a loud and firm voice, thumped the rostrum with his fist to drive home his points...
Davidson, who is a rather modest and unassuming person, seems a little embarrassed by the sizeable proportions of some of his most successful efforts. But he has pursued his ideas with a dedicated fervor that could hardly be considered meek...
Donner denies vehemently that G.M. "has ever worked aggressively to stifle competition." But he insists with equal fervor that General Motors does not-and cannot-attempt to hold down its auto sales for fear of antitrust action. No institution, he argues, can sensibly set out to be second best, or to do less than its best. So long as General Motors continues to grow on the strength of price competition and product performance, he believes that both law and equity are on its side...