Word: cataclysm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's most penetrating summation came from the Rabbinical Assembly's retiring president: ruddy, usually genial Dr. Max Arzt of Manhattan's Jewish Theological Seminary. Said he to the 100 assembled rabbis: "I submit that the world cataclysm of our day powerfully, if tragically, confirms the truths enunciated by the God-inspired seers of Israel. The uniqueness of our Torah lies in the unequivocal assertion that the moral law comes from God. This means that human happiness is inconceivable without obedience to that law. . . . Morality is not an elective in the school of human life. . . . The forces...
...illustrate an article on the relations between Radcliffe and Harvard, the picture simply shows three Radcliffe girls who have taken some books out of Widener. Indeed, as in its cover decoration, the whole happy emphasis in this issue of the Progressive is away from the cliches of political cataclysm. There are some sensible editorial remarks on student organization for peace. But three out of the four excellent articles deal with problems of the immediate educational environment, and two of them discuss different aspects of a single theme...
Last week the State of Michigan suddenly but soundlessly expanded-from 57,980 to 97,940 square miles. No cataclysm, no Blitzkrieg, not even litigation was the cause. The U. S. Bureau of the Census, which was already having trouble enough with its decennial count, simply capitulated to Chase Salmon Osborn...