Word: formals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...negotiate with John Lewis and his United Mine Workers. At first the offer brought the response the operators seemed to expect-U.M.W. aides assured the press that the offer was "strictly phony." But John L. dashed off his acceptance without even waiting for the mine owners' formal invitation. "Newspapers chronicle that you now wish to negotiate," he wrote. "If this be true, I advise that representatives of the U.M.W.A. will meet with representatives of your industry group . . . February 1 to negotiate in good faith . . ." The date he set had a purpose behind it too-it is the very...
...Irrational fear of strangers is a characteristic shared by a majority of the English," says Gorer. "In those portions of Asia and Africa . . . governed by England many of the native elites . . . were granted formal equality, but practically never social equality, typified in most areas by . . . social clubs. This exclusion appears to have distressed and humiliated the native elites out of all proportion to a rational assessment of the amenities foregone. [But British exclusiveness was] 'race prejudice' only to the extent that 'race' made the strangeness of" the stranger more evident...
Said stunned Moderator Kenyon: "We will await the formal writing of the judgment before determining our future course." Crowed victorious Pastor Arthur Acy Rouner of Cadman Memorial: "Our idea in the beginning was to save Congregationalism. We feel we have done that...
Graham, had resigned after his appointment to the U.S. Senate depended on two things: 1) formal approval by the North Carolina trustees and 2) Harry Truman's consent to let his able, hard-working Army Secretary go back home. There was no doubt what Gordon Gray wanted to do. Said he: "I have decided to devote the rest of my life to public service, and I would rather do it in North Carolina than anywhere else...
Reasons for the sudden resurgence of car-towing were not available. Although the fire trucks had some difficulty in getting through the streets on the morning of the Lowell House fire, the fire department would not say whether or not they had lodged a formal complaint to the police. The department had earlier made a statement saying that parking did not interfere with their usual operations...