Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Like any such center, the one recommended would require a large amount of money. And even in this age of benevolent foundations, the needed funds would be difficult to raise. There are other reasons, not financial, against the establishment of a research center, however. Unless a whole corps of scholars were brought in, and the endowment required for their salaries would prohibit this, the center would remove members from existing departments where their talents are also badly needed. Moreover, scholars often hesitate to associate themselves with the type of institution where they might have to either spread their talents over...
...greatest problems so far has been in changing the newcomers' basic strokes from tennis to squash, not a difficult feat, but one requiring constant practice to overcome the tendency to swing with the whole...
Israel will have to look for a new solution, he suggested, "a solution not found in any book or in any modern state." The job is made especially difficult by "the emotional connotations of Jerusalem in three major religions," he said...
...Gilson noted two significant omissions: 1) the argument by the testimony of moral conscience, which leads man to God through consideration of the presence of truth in the mind, and 2) the proof by consensus universalis, which holds that if there is no God it is very difficult to imagine why practically all peoples should spontaneously reach the conclusion that there...
...would be difficult to draw any definite conclusions from Pres. Nathan Pusey's statement at Harvard, but, if anything, he indicated respect for Professor Furry's personal rights. President Pusey certainly showed no signs of disapproval for Furry's action; he appears content to withhold further comment or action until the professor is tried by a recognized court...