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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The disappearance of the subject of 'moral character' also concerned President Pusey. "The term is suspect. We have learned too much about human motives." He stated that today we tend to distrust apparent virtue, and that it almost ceases to inspire us.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Decries Inability To Speak Easily of God | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

I do not think wearing a "hair shirt" in college builds character, and believe me I have not even guesses as regards the answers to the above questions.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUDLEY | 5/22/1959 | See Source »

The overabundance of copy is particularly striking in the section on the dormitories. In truth, there is very little to say about the difference in "character" among the dorms, even less than among the Harvard Houses. A lengthy blurb on each dorm is bound to deteriorate into a few private...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: The Radcliffe Yearbook | 5/20/1959 | See Source »

To build up its case, the committee called in two scientists, still bitter against Strauss for his part in getting the security clearance of Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer lifted in 1954, in a sequel to the fierce battle in which Strauss urged-and Oppenheimer opposed-a program to develop an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Inquisition | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

Some 50,000 U.S. citizens, attending 66 celebrations across the nation (top tariff: $100 a plate), paid high tribute to Harry Truman on his 75th birthday. The No. 1 dinner, linked up with 15 other parties by a closed-circuit TV network, took place at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

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