Word: far
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most critical frontier against Communism-is worried about its ability to defend itself. To U.S. military leaders in Washington last week, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery gave his views on the matter (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). In Frankfurt, U.S. Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson was quick to announce that as far as the U.S. was concerned, Germany must not be permitted to maintain an army. Nevertheless, arguments for arming...
...world of modern education, as Smith found it, is one in which drill and discipline are taboo, and teachers have become abnormally afraid of boring pupils or straining their abilities. In worrying about such matters, they have long belittled what they call "verbal intelligence" and "bookishness," forgetting that "by far the greater part of man's wisdom is stored up in books...
...could not hope for promotion ("Socrates himself would find it extremely difficult to be certified"). They waste valuable years taking courses in everything from the Rorschach inkspot method of diagnosing personality to the problems of student personnel administration. But what is education really for? The teachers' colleges, as far as Smith could determine...
Some of this information had been rumored; all of it could be guessed at by competent physicists. But Senator Johnson's dope, presumably coming direct from the Atomic Energy Commission, was far more valuable to an enemy than any rumor that might have been planted deliberately. Last week Congressional leaks (i.e., Senator Johnson) got a sharp rebuke from President Truman, who demanded that such leaks stop. But the beans the Senator spilled had already rattled their way around the world...
...Basin Street, he turned his head attentively. "He's got some good ideas," he said. "You can't create everything. You hafta listen to the other fella." His strong fingers flexed in an imaginary run. "I'm always tryin' new ideas. No matter how far you go with a tune, there's always something else...