Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...closed by wishing the class luck on exams. In the applause that ensued, fellow historian Mason Hammond jumped to his feet to lead the standing ovation that escorted Morison out of the room. The former Rear Admiral paused only to accept the handshake of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, and then retired into Widener...
...Cosmos. Einstein was convinced that the cosmos is an orderly, continuous unity: gravity and electro-magnetism must, therefore, have a common source. He was in a minority, for Planck's famed Quantum Theory, which Einstein himself did so much to develop, and which many modern scientists accept, suggests that the physical universe is made up of small particles (quanta) that are governed not by some orderly causality but by chance...
...find the secret he was looking for, it rests in a legacy of notes and scribblings still to be tested by men and machines. The search for it made the last part of his voyage the loneliest part of all. Albert Einstein, who often said he could not accept the doctrine of immortality of the soul, traveled the rim of mystery and at times, he admitted, it made him feel close to God. "I assert," he once said, "that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force . . . My religion consists of a humble admiration...
...societies, and the six firms licensed to manufacture the vaccine. Conference chairman was Dr. Chester Keefer, top medical aide in HEW. Assorted politicians, some labor unions and newspapers were clamoring for rigid federal centre's. But the conferees had been warned in advance that the Administration would not accept any such proposal...
...point, his purpose accomplished, Louis Wolfson rose, oozing charity, and asked an end to the bull-baiting. "It seems that Mr. Avery is not in a position today to conduct this meeting," he said. "I will appreciate it if you will accept Mr. Barr as chairman." Then, in an aside, Wolfson told reporters: "This is the greatest corporate fraud ever perpetrated...