Word: eminentance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he was asked what he did during the Terror of the French Revolution, the aristocrat Emmanuel Sieyes replied, "I survived." If Soviet NoveMst llya Ehrenburg were asked about his own activities during the 20-year Stalinist terror, he might well give the same answer. Considering that just about every...
For a quarter-century, French Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre has been the symbol of what is best (implacable honesty) and worst (rootless pessimism) about the modern European intellectual. He has been the pre-eminent philosopher of despair. Simultaneously, with his novels and plays he has cast himself as a propagandist...
The University's chances of blocking the construction of the project dropped sharply when a Federal Power Commission examiner approved Con Ed's plans for the Hudson River plant on July 31. While the five-man Commission will undoubtedly review the examiner's findings this fall, it is unlikely the...
Furthermore, it seems from an informal sampling that senior Faculty men do not downgrade non-academic careers. For instance, one eminent member of the History Department this spring took a special interest in a senior who intends to become a professional soldier.
Courts agree that in custody cases the basic issue is "the best interests of the child," but a big question remains: Who is the best judge of the child's interests? Traditionally, parents battle it out between themselves in contests often marked more by emotion than reason. When they...