Word: p
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Accused of raping a pregnant white woman, Parker was abducted by 15 to 20 masked men only 48 hours before his trial in Judge Dale's court. At least ten members of the lynch mob were named by the FBI in a report to Governor James P. Coleman, who had called the G-men into the case. But the 378-page dossier, said Pearl River District Attorney Vernon Broom last week, was mostly "hearsay." The grand jury did not even get to see the FBI findings. Leaving the case "unsolved," the grand jury thanked Judge Dale for his "inspired...
...break with insane traditions fostered by the supposedly sane came around midcentury, was pioneered by Dr. Duncan Macmillan at Mapperley Hospital in Nottingham, in England's Midlands. His program was virtually duplicated by Drs. Thomas P. Rees and Maxwell Jones at two hospitals in London suburbs...
...P. Snow, British scientist and author, recently called attention to what he termed the problem of two cultures in our society--the gap in understanding between the traditional humanities and social sciences on the one hand and modern science and technology on the other. Both exist side by side, yet remain intellectually divorced in our modern society. This dichotomy serves well in considering the difficulties surrounding the discipline of economics, for its midway position in such a scheme is indicative of its problems...
...James P. Mitchell has weaseled again. Of course, he probably had every intention of keeping his promise to "literally eat my hat," but, at the last moment, somebody persuaded him that felt fedoras were essential to the nation's safety and welfare, and could not be sacrificed to a promise. So Secretary Mitchell ate his cake...
...Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, by Leo Rosten. The redoubtable dunce of the immigrant English class is back, just as funny as ever...