Word: elders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Henry James the Elder, man's first calling was to be a man, and he discouraged his sons from making any premature decisions regarding a vocation. The atmosphere of the household was broadly educative, however, even if William later complained of a lack of formal pre-college schooling. Alice recognized and was grateful that her "excellent parents had threshed out all the ignoble superstitions...so that we had not the bore of wasting our energy in raking over and sweeping out the rubbish...
...brothers from Philadelphia both went to the same schools through Harvard Law, but neither finished the way he began. George Biddle, the elder, started with A's and ended with...
...Peterson Elder, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and 'Sciences, said yesterday "it was a dandy move in the right direction." He pointed out, however, that each department has wide discretionary powers and that all changes must originate with each department. The changes do not indicate any trend or general change, though he felt they might develop into a "reforming contagion...
...Moslems.*Bab was arrested and shot by the Persian government in 1850, largely because his fanatical followers were plotting to overthrow the Shah and replace him with a theocracy. Bab left the leadership of his sect to a 19-year-old follower whose authority was eventually usurped by his elder halfbrother. The brother took the name Baha'u'llah (Glory of God), excommunicated or had murdered the minority of Babis who opposed him, poured out his direct revelations from God in long open letters to such world figures as the Pope and Queen Victoria. They did not answer...
...Dean Elder told the Overseers that since the graduate schools have merged there is a problem of finding sufficient financial aid for women. He said he has made a request to Dean Ford for more funds, pointing out that the average women's scholarship is $1,500, while men receive an average of $2,000 annually...