Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Leibniz was doubtless the last man who knew everything," mourns Amherst Philosophy Professor Joseph Epstein. The death in 1716 of that encyclopedic German mathematician-philosopher symbolizes the time when the knowledge explosion began forcing universities to abandon the ambition of teaching every student everything, and made them narrow down to what be came the "required courses" of modern schools. Now, all over the U.S., colleges and universities are scrutinizing the value of these lock-step requirements and, to a surprising degree, are dumping them in favor of letting students form their own education patterns...
...many of his later ambitions. His interest in historical themes, and in the extensive anatomical research (see below) that forms the groundwork for that genre, is clear in these works. But in America artists had to seek their bread and butter in portraiture, and Copley was forced to abandon his ambitions as a painter of history until his emigration to England...
...support a large land war in South Vietnam. Already a band of Democratic Senators -- and some Republicans -- have voiced strong criticism of further escalation. Counter-escalation by the Communists will augment anti-war sentiment in this country which, in turn, will reinforce Hanoi's belief that we will soon abandon our efforts. This vicious circle, coupled with mounting diplomatic pressure from the neutral countries to end the war, will very likely induce the American people to accept disengagement after years of enormous waste...
...large number of interior shots violates the New Wave maxim of "on-the-street" shooting. But these departures only point out the most important tendency in the New Wave movement: the willingness to experiment with any style, any technique, or any location. Godard uses his camera with the same abandon that characterized Breathless, and in his hands the conventional becomes anything but banal...
...volunteers realize, after a month, perhaps, that they can't "mobilize community interest" and solve Supai's problems. The Havasupai have begun to understand the decision they must make -- whether to commit themselves to maintaining the tribal ways in their canyon or to abandon Supai and follow the already-flown. But they postpone that decision...