Word: 14th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...temperamentally suited to monastic life but have no effective vocation simply because they are ignorant of the very existence of religious life. Indeed, a thesis might be developed to show that the health of society depends on a right balance between monks and laymen-the revolution of the 14th Century took place because the monasteries were full of people ... who had no business there, and the present revolution is being made by people who ought to be in monasteries and are not. I think your book ought to prove potently suggestive to many of these...
...hypothetical animal, credited to 14th Century French Philosopher Jean Buridan (and others), which suffered from the hypothetical dilemma of perfectly balanced but conflicting desires for two different piles of hay. Hypothetically, he starved to death...
Died. James Rowland Angell, 79, noted psychologist and 14th president of Yale University (1921-37); of cancer; in Hamden, Conn...
...Tories, the parallel seemed perfect. The present Liberal government was in its 14th year of continuous power. It had a new head in Prime Minister St. Laurent, but it was essentially a continuation of William Lyon Mackenzie King's administration. The fact that St. Laurent was a French-Canadian made the parallel look even better to the Tories; once again Quebeckers had rejected one of their...
This week, after 72 holes of the Phoenix Open, Demaret and Ben Hogan were tied up again. In the 18-hole playoff, things got better for Demaret. He took an early lead, lost it, took it back again with a birdie on the 345-yd. 14th. Then he got his big break (a double one) on the 17th...