Word: existance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hungarian uprising proves that Communism is an unnatural kind of government, incapable of keeping its promises politically or economically, a regime that cannot exist by itself but that has to rely on the presence or intervention of a foreign army...
...length we concluded that Santa did not exist, and if he did he should certainly be banished for his personal habits and his influence upon the innocent youth of the world...
...with the mellowing of later years, we had to give credit where due. So we admitted that the old boy certainly did enjoy himself--that is, if he did exist. And if he doesn't, well, drinking, eating, carousing, and even beards aren't as repugnant as once they seemed. So we now conclude that if Santa doesn't exist, what he stands for is worth believing in. And if he doesn't really exist, we'd like to volunteer our services...
...fellowships, appoint-versities for encouraging responsibility to things ments; in the world, wealth, social standing, etc.") which they felt to be external. They said that such responsibility "is in fact the irresponsibility of the individual to himself." They were not denying corporate responsibility, but emphasizing that it "can only exist meaningfully as the organization of each human's responsibility towards his own dignity...
...three issues, the editors concluded that a point of view is possible as well as desirable. But possible only when and because one sees how hard it is in coming. The next editorial, entitled "The Place of Opposition" more directly criticized this university for its distractions, the activities which exist not for their own sake but to prove something else to somebody else, and which turn into poses. "Standards of measurement," they said," are strong distractions both in the B.A. and the Ph.D. systems." Then i.e. published its Harvard Issue, which has been much talked about...