Word: idealism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...questionnaire also requested the freshmen to evaluate a series of qualifications for "the ideal educated man" including attributes quoted from the University's report on General Education, such as "be willing to exchange views in a fresh, clear manner." There were also more specialized intellectual attributes, such as "expect no more exactness than the subject permits," and practical abilities, such as "possess professional competence in some field...
...ancient notion that teachers are Bearers of the Word, servants only of the Truth, has fallen into disrepute. In place of Truth "derived from apprehension of an order more than natural or material," such scholars as John Dewey and Sidney Hook "early became attached to democracy as an ideal, and in time made democracy into an abstraction and an absolute, for lack of any other...
...Spanish version came up with some good approximations: e.g., "I'm as corny as Kansas in August, I'm as normal as blueberry pie" came out "I'm as happy as a cat in January, as the butterfly in April . . ." The "Wonderful Guy" became "My Ideal Type." and "Some Enchanted Evening" was changed to "One Clear Night." Bloody Mary was still "The Girl I Love," but the punch line of the song, "Now ain't that too damn bad" was switched to "My tropical dream." When it came to "What...
...implications for the future, the State Department's action is even more disturbing. The government has once again made political strife over foreign policy the order of the day. But each succeeding step away from the ideal of bi-partisanship is harder to retrace than the last, until finally the point of no return is reached. Publication of the documents over British protests, moreover, has unnecessarily angered out best friends in Europe for the sake of a domestic police advantage. And France and Germany have been aroused at a time when our efforts to weld both countries into the western...
...biggest producer, is spending an estimated $20 million on its Buffington plant in Gary. Ind., which will be the largest new production unit built in the past 15 years; New York's Lone Star Cement Corp. will spend $14 million. Other companies that are busily expanding: Ideal Cement Co., General Portland Cement Co., Peerless Cement Corp., Medusa Portland Cement Co. and Keystone Portland Cement...