Word: isolationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On behalf of the Church of England, the archbishop renewed his attack on the imminent proclamation of the Catholic dogma of the Assumption "as increasing division among Christians, and that over a point of doctrine which is in no way directly related to the Gospel and is quite irrelevant to...
As a sign that it wishes to stay independent, Tibet decided last year, after centuries of mountain isolation, to send an ambassador to London. A prominent Tibetan, one Yuthok Dzasa, was chosen for the post, started his long trip down from the capital of Lhasa. He stopped off at Kalimpong...
Race does exist, however, says the report. Because of different biological histories (of climate, isolation, etc.), groups of men have come to differ somewhat. Certain "genes" are more common in some groups than in others. "Such genes, responsible for the hereditary differences between men, are always few when compared to...
Most disturbing of all, says the inquiry, is the fact that one-third of the nation is without any public-library facilities whatever. The obvious reason: many rural areas and villages lack the means to provide and maintain them. If the U.S. as a whole is to get adequate library...
Tall, slender, bespectacled Ring Lardner, 34, grew up in Great Neck, Long Island, went to Andover and Princeton. At home Ring Sr. never discussed political issues, but the sardonic views that salted his writings also flavored his conversation. Or as his friend Heywood Broun put it, in the jargon of...