Word: jensenism
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...secular age, the moral purpose of education takes secular forms: racial integration, sex education, good citizenship. At the college level, the ambiguities become more complex. Should a morally objectionable person be allowed to teach? (Not Timothy Leary, said Harvard.) Should a morally objectionable doctrine be permitted? (Not Arthur Jensen's claims of racial differences in intelligence, said student protesters at Berkeley...
Since then, Nordic designers have given every European style their distinct mark. Denmark's Georg Jensen's silver and opal Dragonfly brooch (1904) and fellow Dane Erik Magnussen's Grasshopper brooch (1907) of silver and coral are unmistakably art nouveau. They are also unmistakably Scandinavian. Like virtually all the objects in this exhibition, they show the patient toil brought to bear on stubborn, natural materials. This is what Frank Lloyd Wright called "organic" design...
DIED. Jackie Jensen, 55, strapping Boston Red Sox outfielder whose solid hitting and sure fielding won him the 1958 American League's Most Valuable Player award, but whose agonized fear of flying led him to cut short his career; of a heart attack; in Charlottesville...
...Chinas" policy-in other words, unlike the U.S., it did not maintain ties to the island, which mainland China considers an integral part of its territory. Brezhnev's bid was part of a long-range effort to lure China away from its friendship with the U.S. Says Robert Jensen, professor of geography at Syracuse University: The Soviets "are having considerable success in driving a wedge between us and our European allies. Here they're doing a similar thing on another front...
...Jensen's reaction has become increasingly common at car dealers around the U.S., and as a result, automakers are off to a disastrous new model year. During the first 20 days of October, sales of U.S.-made new cars plunged to 295,688 units, the lowest level in 23 years and a hefty 31% below last year's depressed rate. Import sales, which amount to 27% of the market, have been generally flat for the year...