Word: distantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Overseers, with a veto power over the Corporation, can refuse to agree to Pusey's election, but it is generally believed that the Lawrence College president will be approved without too much opposition. In the distant past, however--back in 1868--the Overseers held up the election of President Eliot for a six month period before giving in to Corporation pressure...
...real measure of Pusey as a president, however, comes not from faculty or townspeople, but from the students, and they are enthusiastic. Pusey is not a college character; he is far from backslapping and his relations with students are somewhat distant. But they soon realize that his is Pusey's personal reserve and no indication of coolness toward them. He is appreciative of wit and a clever turn of phrase, but he is essentially a serious person. One long-time friend remarks that he always sees the grave side of things first...
...Overseers, with a veto power over the Corporation, can refuse to agree to Pusey's election, but it is generally believed that the Lawrence College president will be approved without too much opposition. In the distant past, however back in 1868--the Overseers held up the election of President Eliot for a six month period before giving in to Corporation pressure...
...outlet for frustrations born of war and preparation for war. It is the kind of scapegoat-flogging that almost inevitably results from seemingly endless international tension. In American education, the public has found reflections of Communism it can attack more safely and successfully than those in the distant and powerful Soviet state. It matters not that the very vulnerability of "red professors" is an indication of the irrelevance to the total scheme of Soviet conspiracy. A "red" is a "red," in the public mind, whether he is killing Americans in Korea or dodging Congressional questions in Washington. The desire...
Movies try to "can" dramatic events and dish them out later for distant audiences. They can never be perfect reproductions of reality, but the margin between the original scene and the projected one has narrowed step by step. The new devices-3-D, wide screen, stereophonic sound-are further steps toward reality...