Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gap was easily bridged. Materialist Holmes, with his suppleness, curiosity and gusto, was perennially young; Socialist Laski, with his dogmas and his immense learning, was prematurely old. For the rest, a passion for ideas, a faith in reason (as used by men of intellect), a dim view of organized religion, mutually known books and friends marked the common court on which they played out a tennis match of the mind. In time, they batted everything and everybody over the net, from Aristotle to Hemingway, from dentists to doorknobs, from Communism to the common cold...
...intellectualized ROTC course, however, is not the best way to fill the educational gap left by ROTC. If ROTC students (or any others) want courses in the historical or policy background of any branch of the armed services, there are men and books enough to provide for them in the civilian arm of the University. Some professors hold military rank and a fistful of citations for just this kind of work...
Harvard raced off to a 17 to 14 first quarter margin. By halftime, the Crimson had widened the gap to 32 to 27, and at the third quarter, the score read 48 to 38. Then the five opened up with a 23-point splurge...
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is "hepped" on the idea of having something to fill the gap between the Voice of America and the American army, Reston said. Thus he apparently wants to take the initiative not just within our own sphere of influence, but within the Iron Curtain countries as well...
...that the varsity had to play the Lions. Norman Shepard's team turned in one of its best performances, staying with Columbia for all of the first quarter, and most of the second before the visitors really widened the gap...