Word: basic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...America because of its athletic opportunity, is nonetheless a serious scholar. A highly intelligent, sensitive man, he is the opposite of the typical big-time athlete. Even without his magnificent athletic prowess, he could stay at Villanova solely on the strength of his academic attributes. It is against the basic concept of amateurism to slight education for the sake of sport. Ron Delany's greatness should not be turned against...
Individual work, informal conversations with other fellows small working groups, and short courses of formal instruction by one of the participants, are the basic kinds of study activities offered at the Center...
...Nevertheless, many English concentrators and others in literature courses often find themselves lacking sufficient background in Biblical and classical lore to appreciate many illusions and mythical themes in the works at hand. For students who are foggy on the Song of Solomon or the Odyssey, an introduction to these basic poetic works in English translation might be a valuable preface to Spenser, Milton, and Joyce...
...basic cause of this position is the characteristic Eastern antipathy toward enthusiasm. The current Ivy ideal is the casual man who pursues a line of conduct corresponding to a preconceived code, directed by an unalterable mental outlook in which spontaneous emotions play a miniscule role. If enthusiasm is allowed to creep in, it is carefully controlled and channelled toward "safe" objects such as Humphrey Bogart or the Kingston Trio; it is never casual to display enthusiasm or emotion toward anything more serious than these...
Secretary Anderson wants Congress to rewrite the laws as soon as possible to close the loophole before it gets any bigger. He will probably win his point. Aside from a few coal men and quarry operators, who argue that their crushing and washing operations are so basic that they should be included, most businessmen agree that the allowance could rapidly become too much of a good thing...