Word: choses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major premise, which, of course, renders their conclusions invalid. The important point overlooked is that man, while being an animal, possesses a God-given intellect. It is this intellect which distinguishes him from a beast, since it enables him to control his animal instincts. Unfortunately, too many "human" animals chose to ignore the purpose of the intellect . . . This seems to be true of Dr. Kinsey and other advocates of the philosophy that sex urges, because they are natural, need not be held in check...
...drove 7,400 miles westward through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, along the Oregon Trail through central Nebraska and Wyoming, across northern Utah and southern Idaho, into eastern Oregon and Washington, then back through Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the northern counties of the Midwest farm states. He chose dirt-section line roads in preference to highways, the little towns over the cities. He stopped in at Elks lodges, Chambers of Commerce, Grange halls, talked to Farm Bureau members, Farmers Union members, ranchers, foresters, state and local officials, editors. His report...
There is a lot of strange political reasoning behind all this, but its roots go back into American history. The area I chose to roam still has its traditions of Populism, the I.W.W.s and assorted brands of native radicalism, aimed for the most part against the moneybags of the East. A managed farm economy, public power, Government control and regulation can raise the hair of an Eastern conservative. Not so on his rural brother of the Midwest and West. That man, if his personal interests so dictate, can vote G.O.P. and be conservative on 99 issues, yet fight stubbornly...
...leafy campus of Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., some 800 delegates of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America (combined membership: 152,395) voted for federal union of the two sects. The delegates also chose a name for the council which will govern the new federation: Council of Liberal Churches (Universalist-Unitarian...
Winning the toss, Australia chose to bat first. In cricket, as in baseball, the best batsmen lead off the order. To England's joy, the Aussies' best were quickly put out. But then Australia's "tail wagged"; her weaker batsmen managed to build their team's total to a respectable 275 runs before their tenth and last wicket fell (i.e., the side was retired on the equivalent of three baseball outs). Then England batted, scoring 306 runs to gain a lead of 31 on the first of the match's two innings. On the third...