Word: existance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most famous of Knox's witticisms was a limerick on the Berkeleyan idea that things exist only when they have an observer: There once was a man who said: "God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues...
Professor Murdock began by noting that prostitution (as distinct from mere laxity in sexual behavior) does not exist in any primitive society even today, but that the medicine man is universal. And the medicine man in aboriginal cultures is always a magician who practices faith healing. Though he may belong to a tribe skilled in the use of drugs like quinine, he usually leaves the practice of physical medicine to old men or women who become specialists as herbalists or bonesetters. The true medicine man, says Murdock, confines his practice to curing the ills of the mind. And surprisingly often...
Johnson summed up the Council's position: "We want undergraduate organizations to be able to exist as recognized groups." The administration, he said, "wants to keep the membership rule mainly for administrative purposes such as determining organizational and athletic eligibility and probations...
...does the average Equity member manage to exist? Actress Shirley Peterson, 25, came to Manhattan from Terre Haute, Ind. in 1945, toured the South for six weeks last fall with a stock company. When she got back to Manhattan, she started ushering in Carnegie Hall. Recently she picked up a $150-a-week job doing a TV commercial, but this little windfall will vanish after 13 weeks...
...decided that every child should get a free secondary education. Before that, parents paid the bill, and most children merely stayed on in elementary schools until they could legally drop out at 14. Now all children must go on to secondary school at eleven. Since too few grammar schools exist, the government has had to set up a rigid system of selection. But by last week, as the London exams fell due, some Britons were asking whether the system is really worth while...