Word: logically
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Until last week Senator Robert Taft had a great reputation for sane consideration of the facts involved in political issues. Senator Taft's appeal to logic-sensitive voters must now be tempered with his statement in opposition to David Lilienthal's nomination to head the Atomic Energy Committee. Though the Senator loves facts, he manages to spice this devotion with one choice venture into fancy; though he employs logic to reach his conclusions, no one can deny his knowledge of other less strenuous processes...
...argument that a President in his third term will be in a position to establish a dictatorship contains little logic when it is considered that the same man would have had ample time to do so in his first two terms. Furthermore, if this limitation is enacted, any such evil-minded chief executive will not thus be frustrated in his attempt. He will merely have to hasten it so that the coup falls within his allotted two terms. No president with serious dictatorial designs will permit a constitutional article or amendment to stand in the way of fulfilling his plans...
...combination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Peter Lorre might be a treat for detective-story fans. As it is, "The Verdict" can boast of only the latter two, and the resultant weaknesses in the plot dilute a pair of top chiller performances. The mystery is weak, the logic strained and the outcome unfair to those connoisseurs who want their murder mysteries to be more than gory fairy tales...
Philosophy 1. Logic. Half-course (spring term). Mon., Wed., Fri., at 9. Associate Professor Quine...
...myth of the devil as a buffoon who is dressed like the first 'red.' Rather is he described as an angel fallen from heaven, and as 'the Prince of this world' whose business it is to tell us that there is no other world. His logic is simple: if there is no heaven, there is no hell; if there is no hell, then there is no sin; if there is no sin, then there is no judge; and if there is no judgment, then evil is good and good is evil." The Great Humanitarian. "But above...