Word: forthing
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...painter or sculptor, not even Michelangelo, had been as famous as this in his own lifetime. And it is quite possible that none ever will be again, now that the mandate to set forth social meaning, to articulate myth and generate widely memorable images has been so largely transferred from painting and sculpture to other media: photography, movies, television. Though Marcel Duchamp, that cunning old fox of conceptual irony, has certainly had more influence on nominally vanguard art over the past 30 years than Picasso, the Spaniard was the last great beneficiary of the belief that the language of painting...
Harvard's 362nd Commencement exercises will take place under sunny skies today as a total of 6,236 degree recipients pass through Dexter Gate and leave Harvard "to go forth and serve better thy country and thy kind...
...measured the radio station that is one antiproton...and we listened to one proton...and we compared back and forth to see if they have the same oscillation ion frequency in the same field [to determine] if they have the same properties," Gabrielse said...
...have several advantages. Since many of the professors were in the armedservices, Harvard called back retired professorslike Professor McIlwain, who taught politicaltheory with great relish, and Professor Merriman,a passionate devotee of English history. Mostintimidating was Professor William YandellElliott, who shuttled back and forth to Washingtonas adviser to former presidents Roosevelt andTruman. Philosophy Professor Demos, who introducedme to Plato and Aristotle, seemed to be kin to theGreek philosophers. My favorite was the younginstructor Louis Hartz, who later became a fullprofessor of government. From him I learned aboutthe theory of democracy, which has stood me ingood stead as a life-long...
...cold they spent most of the afternoon huddled in their teepee set up on the sidelines. I think it was Farwell's idea to surprise them in there and make off with a couple of breechclouts. The teepee took on a life of its own, swaying back and forth, a struggle going on within, and then Farwell, overpowered, emerged missing most of his clothes...