Word: authorizations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...author does not accept this activity as patriotism in time of war, nor does he accept the scientists' broader claim that they are not responsible for the way the world utilizes their discoveries. "I would say," writes he, "that this is the No. 1 fallacy of the scientific mind . . . Certainly they are responsible . . . Certainly they can control how their new scientific principles are utilized; certainly they have to consider the implications of their research, and not merely strive blindly for facts, facts, facts...
...author does not suggest how scientists can decide which facts to avoid uncovering-or how to tell in advance what good or what evil a new discovery may lead to. But he does suggest a general attitude that may be more high-minded than practical: "To prove that they are not mercenaries . . . they might take a stand against the continuation of military research. They might urge their fellow technicians to stop making more bombs. They might indeed stop supporting war, either directly or indirectly . . . The people want our scientists to do more than damn the use of yesterday...
Died. Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman, 41, stocky author of the No. 1 nonfiction bestseller, Peace of Mind (702,000 copies sold to date), of a heart ailment; in Boston. Last of a long line of rabbis, Liebman was a lecturer on Greek philosophy at 19, became rabbi of Boston's Temple Israel in 1939, the same year went on the air to become one of radio's top religious broadcasters. In Peace of Mind-a "selfhelp" book-he tried to make religion's peace with psychoanalysis, argued their compatibility, urged his readers toward a "shockproof balance . . . inside...
Died. Dr. Otto Marburg, 74, exiled Viennese neurologist, longtime good friend of the late great Sigmund Freud; of cancer; in Manhattan. Author of several standard texts on the nervous system, Dr. Marburg had been head of the University of Vienna's Neurological Institute for 19 years when he came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1938, joined Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons as clinical professor of neurology...
Naval evacuation is an old story in British history. In the Napoleonic campaigns alone, says Author Divine, 19 forces were evacuated (including the famed rescue of General Sir John Moore's army from Corunna). At two points on Gallipoli, the evacuations were executed so admirably that the entire force of 83,000 soldiers was brought off with only half a dozen casualties. But Dunkirk was not the result of expert planning. It was a last-minute improvisation, stamped by "complete and utter absence of red tape." It depended chiefly on the horse sense of hundreds of independent skippers...