Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must first of all be asserted that the freedom to do as you wish at Harvard--the freedom to work as you will and to relax as you will without the fear of becoming the sort of outcast that is always the unfortunate by-product of cohesive groups--this freedom cannot be abridged without injuring one of the College's oldest and best attributes. William James, writing about Harvard students in the first decade of this century, said that "When they come to Harvard, it is not primarily because she is a club. It is because they have heard...
...soldiers from the Volga and the Mississippi, the Thames and the Loire met by the Spree, in the ruins of a harsh, unlovely city situated on the vast plain on the edge of Europe's Slav lands. The city was Berlin. The soldiers brought to it both fear and hope. Since then, fear has grown like weeds amid the debris; hope has been carted off like rubble. Last week from Berlin, TIME Bureau Chief Emmet Hughes cabled this report...
Sadie's reputation as a quiz queen has little relation to her general or specific knowledge. When she doesn't know the answer (which is most of the time) she glibly ad-libs anything that pops into her head. Quizmasters, who hate and fear "dead air," cherish her gift of gab."What's a Capulet?" Felton asked her recently. "Someone with a small size cap," was Sadie's assured reply. Felton: "What great events occurred between 1860 and 1870?" Sadie: "Terrible things. They had a centennial. Things was terrible. McKinley, Buchanan and Lincoln all was killed...
...help unlard the A.P.'s avoirduprose, Gould hired Readability Expert Dr. Rudolf Flesch (TIME, Feb. 16). There are signs also that the A.P. is getting over the timidity that makes it (for fear of offending one of its 3,900 members) almost objectionably objective. "We have a duty," said Gould's log, "to give the reader some idea of how near the truth a broadcast or communique may be . . ." And the A.P. is encouraging its own Managing Editors Association to find fault. Many an M.E. thinks the world's best news service could still be considerably improved...
...first heat will pit the Crimson against B.U., Rutgers, Penn, and Yale. Rutgers pulled up a lame third against the Crimson on Lake Carnegie two weeks ago, with Penn in the same position last week. B.U., a novice in the art of crew, is not looked upon with fear, leaving Yale as the only strong contender...