Word: dog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Discussing other aspects of the British "public mind," he praised the British love of "dog fight" and compromise, felt that "we are much nearer to John Stuart Mill's idea of government by discussion than we realize," and said the press and broadcasting have helped to bring this about. Television could never become important as radio, since "ideas are not visible," Sir William added...
...Roman classics, Gibbon's Decline and Fall. He stayed late only if the class was debating. Other days he went home to his chores. One afternoon in 1930, while Herman was picking turnips, the house caught fire and burned to the ground (with one casualty, a German shepherd dog named Al Smith). Gene, who was spending weekdays in Atlanta as agriculture commissioner and only weekends at home as a father, took advantage of the fire to move the family to Atlanta. Herman entered Druid Hills School, found himself better grounded in his subjects than the city boys...
Castaway's Vision. Such vitality as this strange and fitful novel possesses comes from Beckett's images of defeat, e.g., a bum transfixed on a city bench, a dog too weak to follow his master's steps, and from his hero's sometimes poignant inability to cope with events or comprehend reality: "I say living without knowing what it is. I tried to live without knowing what I was trying. Perhaps I have lived after all, without knowing." As a craftsman, Beckett tries to convey the chaotic by means of the incoherent, and fails. He possesses...
...rested, yet well-honed Crimson soccer squad takes the field against under-dog Amherst this afternoon at 3 p.m. on the Business School field. The Lord Jeffs are expected to provide merely adequate competition for the confident Crimson eleven...
...party on this issue, however, Stevenson's program reveals a more imaginative and comprehensive approach then has yet appeared in an Eisenhower proposal on education. In one report he has informed the people far more of their need than Eisenhower has in four years of happy talk and dog paddling. And the remedies which the Governor prescribes for the nation's educational ills are indisputable--all are absolute necessities for a nation which hopes to lead the world and still maintain its democratic processes. In view of the international responsibilities and a concurrent sophistication which have lately been thrust upon...