Word: learnedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Innocence and Memory, a collection of Ungaretti's essays translated from Italian into French by Philippe Jacottet, comprises in a sense the brilliant sum of his conclusions; and leaves us at the mercy of a memory that haunts us through history with its murmuring of guilt and horror. We must...
Having learned from observing the Chicago debacle that cracks who enjoy brutality write most of those letters applauding police force while civilized men go on being civilized, I feel I must this time forward a crack letter from the side of civilization.
With disenchantment and a little pride I eventually learned that kids and adults everywhere use the word among themselves. I read it in books, too, usually the kind we bought at the bus station. I heard later that even Presidents use it. That was okay, though, because it was still...
The Cambridge City Council learned last night that disputes over highway programs in the City will not lead to a cutback or curoff of Federal funds for housing projects.
In a statement to the Council, Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) said that he has consulted with officials of the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. Brooke said that he learned that DOT officials are "now proceeding with a re-evaluation of the Inner Belt program and...