Word: clearers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...true that the persecution of so many of our dearly beloved brothers and sons, which has been raging for decades in many countries, even those of an ancient Christian civilization, makes ever clearer to us the dignified superiority of the persecuted and the refined barbarity of the persecutors, so that, if it does not give visible signs of repentance, it induces many to think...
Going over his Vienna experience with friends last week, a tired, aching John Kennedy insisted that the ordeal had been "invaluable"; he now had, he said, "a clearer idea of the intensity of the struggle we are in." He had not expected any concessions-and he had certainly achieved none. But he had heard clearly the voice of the enemy and thus better understood, because the U.S. and Soviet commitments are so strongly opposed that "it was going to be a close thing to prevent war. There is heightened danger for both countries." As he told the country (see following...
...Dewey-eyed "pragmatic naturalism," his belief that the scientific method is readily applicable to moral problems. Some may find his anti-religious skepticism dated or even antique. But anyone who wants to understand the broad tradition in Western thought which Sidney Hook represents could scarcely find a better, clearer or more honest exposition...
...that next month he would announce his affiliation with the prestigious Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher-a job that will fulfill his salary requirements and give him the freedom he seeks. In the fall, when the political fortunes of Jack Kennedy and Pat Brown are clearer, he will make the momentous decision on where to run and when. For the moment, Dick Nixon was closing no doors, and there was only one certainty in his political future. Said he: "I will not retire from public life...
Obviously, the incentives for education differ from person to person--for some high marks might lead to graduate school or a good job, for others an exchange of ideas might provide new ideas or, at least, clearer ones. But incentives, which are the means to an end, can be imposed externally. At Harvard the end product of a final examination is the mark achieved, and little else...