Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which they produce, we find the true liberalism. Neither a certain current set of beliefs, nor a wild-eyed seizure upon something just because it is new, nor the investigation which starts with formed opinion, praiseworthy though that opinion may be can be honestly liberal. There is as much danger today from those whom one authority calls "dogmatic modernists" as from the traditional rock-ribbed reactionary. For liberalism in an approach, an attitude of mind, a way of life which meets an issue fortified with knowledge and intelligence, shorn of prejudice, and willing and anxious to make a decision...
This year the Hygiene Department reports a lower number of exam-time casualties than it can over remember. Flu is almost absent, and though the danger of an epidemic or a pandemic is always there, that is hardly the point. It seems that for some reason Stillman always has its greatest influx of customers during the last couple of weeks in January. Some of the unfortunate take too much benzedrine, others find the Infirmary the safest place to be during a final, but a larger number are real victims of the psychological pressure of examinations...
...growing scale of armed conflict pointed up more sharply than ever the danger of war in Palestine when the U.N. takes over full responsibility next...
...question: Had he ever as party head differed with statements from Russia? Other questions & answers: Is the party loyal to the U.S. Constitution? "Yes. Our party is an ardent defender of the limited democracy that we have. . . ."Does the party advocate forcible overthrow of the Government? "The danger of violence . . . always comes from reactionary elements...
...survive doses of DDT big enough to scare a beetle. Flies of the 35th generation were as robust as ever after absorbing twice the amount of DDT it takes to kill a normal fly. A fit few were still buzzing after a triple dose. While the bureau saw no danger of a race of superflies, there was still a possibility that such a race might evolve. Lately the bureau has received reports that a few barnyard flies in various parts of the U.S. have already learned the trick...