Word: logician
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This voice identified itself last week as Michael Foot, 34, a wiry, wily Labor M.P. whose last editorial command was acting editor of Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard. He has been a Tribune director since 1945. An ice-cold logician and red-hot debater, Foot is one of a minority of parliamentary Laborites who know what they mean when they call themselves Socialists...
...doubt, first of all, whether the letter was legitimate, and suspect that some editorial hack, overcome with sentiment at the sight of civilization's annual preparations for the holiday season, penned it himself for the opportunity to reply. And his answer, if subjected to the scrutiny of a logician, would be revealed as evasive and confusing...
Charles Edward Garman, Amherst's frail 19th Century logician: "Garman taught . . . not the technique of logic, but the practical application of logical methods. . . . He was capable of making a false statement seem convincing, as a means to an end. This was extraordinarily stimulating; you never felt quite sure whether to accept what was said or not; you had to think...
...believe that our anonymous Navy surgeon framed concisely the words so very many of our less eloquent servicemen and citizenry would like to have attempted. Thanks to the on-the-beam logician and to TIME for bringing his masterpiece to light...
...fellow historians would probably endorse Professor Commager's reading of U.S. history. But Professor Commager does not excel as a logician. He barely recognizes the value of the Supreme Court as a repository of what might be termed "sleeping" power. By the very fact of its existence the Court compels Congress to be careful of the phraseology of bills. And in a federal system, a Supreme Court is necessary as a tacit reminder to keep the legislatures of the 48 States from nullifying the powers of the Government in Washington. Conversely, a Supreme Court is also needed to protect...