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Word: esotericism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The oral-aural method started under strange conditions. Just before the outbreak of World War II, the American Council of Learned Societies attempted to find a better way to teach esoteric languages, such as Mongolian or Hindi. With a paucity of teachers understanding these tongues, the Council hit upon the...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: A 'New' Home for Modern Language Instruction | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

Cooper is frightened, but he cannot give in. His heroes embody for him the esoteric principle, the precious bane that alone can heal his life and save his soul: courage. "They have it. I have to save it." He disarms the lot of them, and sleepless, burning-eyed, with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 2, 1959 | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

In chatty, alumni-bulletin fashion, the Establishment Chronicle noted: "We have lost touch with the following old boys: A. Eden, G. Burgess, D. Maclean, O. Mosley," and offered condolences to Number 96453. "Betjeman, J. Our great friend, this poet has aspired to write esoteric verse. Unfortunately his work has now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Notes from the Top | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

One of the dangers of presenting plays that no one ever presents is that you may find out that there is a very good reason for not presenting them. Twice this season Tufts Arena Theatre has made this embarrassing discovery. Their production this week, The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold...

Author: By John Kasdan, | Title: 'Chalk Garden' at Tufts Arena; Karen Johnson in Starring Role | 7/23/1959 | See Source »

No Trains for God? During and since the war, Snow and his colleagues have interviewed about 25% of Britain's 125,000-odd scientific workers. "I confess that even I, who am fond of them and respect them, was a bit shaken. We hadn't expected that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Two Western Cultures | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

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