Word: departent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Empire's vast subcontinent (TIME, Dec. 3)-by news that at Bombay last week the turbaned and bejeweled Maharajas of India's Chamber of Princes adopted a resolution as follows: "This meeting desires to emphasize that in many respects the bill and the instrument of accession depart from agreements arrived at during the meetings of representatives of the Indian States with members of His Majesty's Government. It regrets to note that the bill and the instrument of accession do not secure those vital interests and fundamental requisites of the States on which they have throughout laid...
...endurance even at the age of 81 and 79 and 73. They mention philosophers, and one of them recalls the day when "the name Spinoza didn't mean any more to me than a mouthwash." At this you laugh out loud; they stare at you sternly, and you hastily depart. You realize, as you leave, that Rome DID fall...
...sleeper' for 26 years, a man removed from the world!" cried M. Ullmo. "What has pardon brought me? Am I favorably impressed by the changes which took place during my quarter century of exile? No! After six months in Europe, I depart forever. Oh, the profound, the illimitable stupidity of a human race which believes itself to be so superior...
...atheist will argue that there is no soul to depart from a corpse, a believer will say that the soul is immortal, but both agree that after death, the body is just a worthless piece of flesh. Why then, give this 98? worth of lifeless meat an all-metal casket costing thousands of dollars, an expensive monument, a shower of floral wreaths and a long line of hired cars filled by hired mourners...
...demands of fanatical football fans even though it knows this to be "wrong" is foreign to the traditions of any free educational institution and to Harvard in particular. If an educational institution stands for anything it should stand for intellectual and moral honesty. Your suggestion that it should depart from this ideal (I do not deny than in the past it has not been constantly adhered to unfortunately) is a disgrace to your own integrity...