Word: 1950s
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...grasp, endless in their implications, challenging to accomplish but still within the realm of possibility (for instance: Love thy neighbor). Perhaps one of the most influential men in American politics is the late Leo Strauss, the German emigre political philosopher who taught at the University of Chicago in the 1950s and '60s. His distrust of moral relativism, his deep skepticism about the benefits of the Enlightenment and his concern that the unchecked authority of reason would sabotage the cultural traditions that sustained civilization were absorbed by a generation of students and disciples. Some of them, including Irving Kristol and William...
...predictions of impending devastation in the PC industry, Grove thinks it's unlikely. His basis for that judgment? The same organ that digests his special cereal. "When I first came to this country in the 1950s from Hungary, people were mesmerized by cars. That's the kind of conversation you hear today about computers," he says. "Demand will stay strong." MMX, due this fall, may help...
Like many kids coming of age in the 1950s, Brokaw spent his free time hunting and fishing, hanging around the local pool hall and splitting time among football, basketball and track...
...entering students, only 32 original members of the Class of 1946 graduated on time, with some class members finishing their degrees as late as the mid-1950s...
Kerry supported more government intervention, attacking Weld for his opposition to raising the minimum wage, which has fallen to its lowest real level since the early 1950s...