Word: grounds
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...colleges), coined the term "identity crisis" to describe the internal revolution experienced at this time of life. Probably few terms have come back to haunt their progenitor more perniciously than this one. Whenever a sophisticated adolescent scents trouble from an authority figure, he tends to justify himself on the ground of validity of his "identity crisis," and on this basis, to demand acceptance and even succor. In a way, this perverse reaction points up Erikson's meaning which is in no way invalidated by its abuse. For Erikson points to the late adolescent's subjectivity, his seclusiveness, his rebellion against...
...correct, the stated ground of the decision was that publication by the Press would put the University in a position of "taking sides in a scientific controversy." This seems to me to be unsound. The publication of particular books by the University Press does not constitute an act of corporate University policy, but rather a decision of subgroups within the University acting within their own range of academic freedom. The problem links directly with the status of the Faculty because the ultimate responsibility for publication decisions rests with the Board of Syndics of the Press who are members...
...faculty of their positions, through their teaching, publication, and other professional activities, to promote the advancement and transmission of knowledge in their own way and on their own responsibility. The Corporation's decision is, therefore, perilously close to a decision to deny appointment to a candidate on the ground that his appointment would constitute taking sides in a scientific controversy, if his views in scientific matters happen to be in opposition to incumbent members of the faculty. The established criteria for appointment are scientific competence and basic integrity, rather than which side of a scientific controversy a candidate happens...
Many clergymen have applauded Steinberg's non-homilies, on the ground that his satirizing of the wrathful, capricious God of legend is good theology as well as good fun. Steinberg keeps being invited to preach in churches and synagogues. Is he irreverent? Perhaps. But, argue his fans, who can question that God, too, has a sense of humor...
...plane, which would help the balance of payments. For the moment, the U.S. can take small comfort from delays abroad. Though the Concorde prototype was originally supposed to make its maiden flight next week at Toulouse, chances are that it will be another three months getting off the ground...