Word: enlightenment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...courses in one department or another, the concern of the College seems to be, in general, more with technical values than with humanistic values. According to the conception which seems prevalent among students--and to some extent among the faculty--the proper function of an instructor is not to enlighten the student about matters of human matters of human significance, but instead to be an expert on more or less technical questions within a narrow field. An instructor is usually known as an expert on logical empiricism, or 20th-century Indian nationalism, or whatever, and the courses be teaches...
...America would henceforth hold a mortgage on the fate of Europe. But the two men responded to this fact in different ways. As Churchill told de Gaulle: "It is better to persuade the stronger than to pit yourself against him. . . . The Americans have immense resources. . . . I am trying to enlighten them, without forgetting, of course, to benefit my country." This is the definition of the "special relationship," which Britain has pursued for twenty years. British policy assumes that by deferring where necessary to the United States (as at Nassau), Britain can obtain better treatment from her master. De Gaulle believes...
...Caplin cover story and the Caribbean color pages are TIME specials. But in carrying out its job of bringing all things, TIME hopes to provide in every section unfamiliar nuggets of information, unexpected turns of phrase, news that informs and judgments that enlighten. We single out three unusual stories in this week's issue...
...article on "The Sea" [Dec. 1] makes reference to Julian Harvey's yacht striking the submerged wreck of the U.S.S. Texas in Chesapeake Bay. The U.S.S. Texas left Newport News, Va., in July 1946 to be towed to Texas. Can you enlighten me as to how the Texas got back to Chesapeake...
...least one of the 19 questions that Kennedy fielded was not in the script. "Could you enlighten us sir." asked Jack Horner of the Washington Star, "as to why you're not having these press conferences more frequently-especially as to anything in particular you don't like about them?" Kennedy's response was revealing. "Well, I like them." he began; then he added hesitantly: "Sort...