Word: awe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most Powerful Instrument. Today, in black Benedictine habit, with clipped white hair and wrinkled face, Father Diman still strolls The Priory grounds, looks over Narragansett Bay to the sun setting red behind Prudence Island. The boys stand in awe of the old man; and he, who sees less of them than he used to, thinks boys have changed. "They turn the radio on as soon as they go to their rooms. There isn't half as much reading as there used to be," he says sadly...
...notable staying power, made his first bid for fame: he published the value of TT* carried from its normal 3.1416 to 530 decimal places. Several years later he pushed the frontier to 607, and in 1873 retired undefeated at 707. His record, and his figures, were accepted with unquestioning awe...
Whatever the effect of this controversy may be, Harvard's President stands as mentor to the powerful science-in-government element that has Washington more or less in awe. It was only logical that Secretary of State Byrnes should take him to Moscow as technical adviser. At the meetings Molotov's lumbering attempts to be gay about the "bomb that Dr. Conant carries in his vest pocket" brought an open apology from Stalin. It is evident that the Kremlin is not taking lightly this new influence on American affairs. The Russian experience may be only the first of many encounters...
...fabulous, up-&-down career at 18 by selling diving suits to Venezuela pearl divers, more recently helped organize the famous Flying Tigers. He once modestly remarked: "Unquestionably I have been one of the prime contributors to China's defense." As Ambassador to Peru he earned the respect and awe of the Bustamante Government. He, too, was the personal choice of Spruille Braden...
...these modern artists trying to produce items that are beautiful and awe-inspiring or are they trying to put the comic strips out of business? Witness for example the social outrage titled "Benediction" [TIME, Feb. 18]. Just what is this supposed to be, or what is it trying to represent? It looks like either the missing link or a scalded female ape searching for a long-lost flea...