Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite "strictest secrecy," 20,000 people had crowded into the Sportpalast by 4:30 p.m. For blocks outside storm troopers stood every few feet, and in the hall they sat in all the aisle seats. The occasion was all pomp. Above the stage a gigantic golden eagle sparkled against a red backdrop garnished with swastikas...
...full professorship, Copey, as he was soon known, became friendly with undergraduates of all sorts. His "open house on Wednesday evening after ten" became the forum of the College where Chaucer might rub elbows with Yale's star half in the discussion. And always, after a little urging, the golden-voiced tutor would read his favorite passages from the Bible, from Kipling, from the classics. The "Copeland Reader," an anthology of these favorites, is the most typical of Copey's books; for he never intended to be a profound scholar, a footnote machine. Copey only wanted to become a good...
...Harvard. February 19, "Rhythm and Structure in Chinese Word Conceptions," Professor V. R Chao, Yale University; February 26, "Chinese Political Thought," Professor Arthur N. Helcombe, of Harvard; March 5, "Comparative Law in China," Professor Roscoe Pound, former Dean of the Harvard Law School; March 12, "A Reconstruction of the Golden Mean According to Confucius," Dr. Yu-tang Lin; March 19, by Professor W. E. Hocking, of Harvard; and March 26, by Dr. Hu Shih...
Even though his eighty-first year will roll by this coming April, Copey's golden voice, which has flattered many a poem since his readings became famous, has never wavered. His custom of conferences with all who want to meet the famous professor, has kept him in constant touch with undergraduate life...
...greatest physician of all times" was Hippocrates of Cos, a Greek who lived in the golden Age of Pericles. He was the first doctor in Western history to: 1) take the practice of medicine out of the realm of magic, the hands of priests; 2) draw up a set of lofty ethical rules for doctors (among them the Hippocratic oath,* still followed by physicians today); 3) make careful scientific observations (he published a classic description of tuberculosis); 4) let nature take its course, instead of using drastic purges and operations. Nevertheless, he strayed from the scientific path in originating...