Word: esotericism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This huge historical novel gives the impression of having been written by two different authors-one whose job it was to put plenty of sex on every other page; the other a Francophile intent on cramming in as much esoteric knowledge as possible about Napoleon, Egypt, archaeology, physics, intrigue and...
Himself a former criminal lawyer, Leibowitz declared "there is no more soul-satisfying branch of the law than criminal law." He scored law faculties for encouraging "students to make esoteric dissertations on human liberty" yet still discouraging them from entering the criminal practice.
Problem: how to drop an atom bomb from treetop level-and live to file a report. The solution of this esoteric flying problem is a scientific version of the "toss-bombing" that was used in the Korean war, when pilots of fighter-bombers released their bombs with an upward flip...
Zippers & Telephones. The wider interests of the Lancet's current editor, Dr. T. F. Fox−a medical-school graduate but never a practicing physician−are reflected in such salty recent discussions as the effects of contraception on the national IQ, the dangers of infection from public telephones...
One of the more esoteric cultural events of the summer--or of any time, for that matter--will take place here this evening, August 9, when the Summer School presents a film-adaptation of the Oresteia of Aeschylus in the original Greek language.