Word: proclaimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate unanimously adopted a resolution to "proclaim the hope that the peoples who have been subjected to the captivity of alien despotisms shall again enjoy the right of self-determination...
Paternalism. Pétillon stands for "paternalisme," the policy which the Belgians openly proclaim as the secret of their success in the Congo. "The African under stands paternalism." says the Governor with conviction. "It was he who invented it." In the Congo, paternalism means bread but no votes, good government but no opposition; the best Negro housing in Africa but no real freedom of movement. "The emphasis is on economics," says Governor Pétillon. "The fascination of becoming a skilled worker handling precision machinery drives out of the Negro's mind the need for politics...
...flexibility of less sweeping import; he would give the Federal District Courts wide discretion in enforcing de-segregation in what they deemed the shortest practical time. In striking contrast to these arguments, however, the able attorneys for the NAACP have spoken vigorously for a Supreme Court decree that would proclaim "immediate integration of all Southern schools." The massive evidence of sociology that has engulfed the Court in the past months seems to support the NAACP solution...
...rely on District Courts for help in enforcing its decrees, but it should not rely on District judges for policy decisions, however complicated the social problems may seem. For as new District Court vacancies occur, Southern Senators will resort to "Senatorial courtesy" to thwart appointment of judges who would proclaim a rapid integration policy...
...turn-of-the century days, when the Germanic Museum was first planned, German-American relations were at a peak. Gifts from Kaiser Wilhelm II and other Germans were warmly received by Harvard officials. Adolphus Busch, St. Louis beer magnate and the museum's chief financial benefactor, could comfortably proclaim, at an elaborate 1912 cornerstone ceremony, the on vocation, "Forever live the good entente between Germany and the United States." Five years later, just as major work on the museum was completed, America entered World...