Word: conflictingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Psychologically it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the professional philosopher and friend to work toward the same ends as the University. The least his paying guests could ask would be passing grades, and in their natural conflict with "the system" he would tend inevitably to said with them. And should a beautiful friendship really evolve, he would not be bound by the ethical restrictions of faculty members...
During his literary career, Professor Lowes has been a friend of some leading modern authors, including Joe Aikens, Harriet Johns, and Amy Lowell. He had a long conflict with Professor Irving Babbit here about Humanism...
...understand the causes of war. When philosophers, economists, historians try to penetrate the wild surface of events, to see the forces that have created them, their dry generalizations and statistics seem cold beside the living reality of the headlines. In different terms they state the causes of international conflict-as rivalry between the Haves and the Havenots, between the countries struggling to keep what they have and the countries struggling to expand. Or they see it as the clash of rival ideologies or of rival imperialists, with a vast segment of the world looking to Great Britain to maintain order...
...Guild has tried to prove that three Times employes were fired for union activity and should be reinstated. The Times has tried to prove that they were fired for incompetence and should stay fired. But of far more importance than what happens to the three employes is the fundamental conflict between Guild and Times, where the Guild has never felt strong enough to strike...
...system but has eliminated it. Publisher Sulzberger admitted the Times had kept close watch on some of its employes, defended the practice as an effort "to avoid raising issues with the Guild." While he was on the stand Publisher Sulzberger took the opportunity of declaring himself on the fundamental conflict between the Times and the Guild...