Word: asset
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Buck's piece was not written for the Review but was an old speech, reprinted. Similarly, Paul Deats, Jr.'s "The Problem of Liberal Education" was drawn from an address and as a result has both the asset of some bright rhetoric and notable phrasing and the defect of little depth and tightness. Deats, professor of theology at Boston University, asks the questions: what is a liberal education? is it possible? what hope is there for it? His definition is a fine summary of recent thought but in discussing the forces intruding on liberal education and the prospects for their...
...larger scale. Even departing Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon concedes the desirability of some revision in the present monetary system. When the U.S. "gets into balance," he told the House Banking Committee some weeks ago, "the world will need to consider whether some other form of reserve asset than the dollar will be needed." The gold loss that the U.S. suffers in 1965 will intensify that process of consideration...
...Crimson's starting catcher will be senior , Whose main asset is one way he handles pitchers. "He was one of the big reasons our staff was so effective last spring," Shepard said. At the plate, Miller is no terror; he batter .238 last season. But he is a good clutch batter, and knocked in 18 runs with 20 last season...
...which money can't buy: Self-confidence--knowing you have the training and the ability to forge ahead in your work. Social poise--knowing you can hold your own in any discussion because of your background in English, history, literature and other high school subjects, More interesting personality--an asset that only education can develop and that attracts new friends in both business and social situations...
...submitting his resignation, Glaser predicted that the new facility "will constitute a key resource for the health care of large numbers of citizens and will also be an invaluable asset to teaching and health care research...