Word: go
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...merger went through as planned, will go into effect in May 1961 if ratified by the local churches before next May. But just before the 1,000-odd delegates packed up to go home, a third version was voted. Jesus was still out, but "in the Judaeo-Christian heritage" (instead of "in their essence...
...principal symbol. There may be a kind of justice in that. I don't know. I do know, and I can say it proudly to this committee, that . . . I have taken a number of steps toward trying to make up for it. I have a long way to go...
...asked him to let me go on the program honestly, without receiving help. He said that was impossible. I would not have a chance to defeat Stempel. He also told me that giving help to quiz contestants was a common practice and merely a part of show business. Perhaps I wanted to believe him. He also stressed the fact that by appearing on a nationally televised program, I would be doing a great service to the intellectual life, to teachers and to education in general by increasing public respect...
...received no assistance. I was, of course, very foolish. I was incredibly naive. I couldn't understand why Stempel should want to proclaim his own involvement. In a sense I was like a child who refuses to admit a fact in the hope that it will go away...
...Security" was the watchword for more than half a century in 99% of both public and private mental hospitals. Gates were guarded to prevent escapes. An attending doctor or nurse had to go through what Dr. Herman B. Snow, director at St. Lawrence, calls "the ritual of the key" to enter a building. Then, jangling a fistful of hardware, he had to repeat the ritual at the door of every ward, at every staircase and elevator. That this security fetish is an illusion is shown by St. Lawrence's experience: it never had many escapes compared with most hospitals...