Word: longer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stendahl pointed out that Harvard no longer understands itself as within the Christian tradition. "Religion," said Stendahl, "should never be brought into the scene in a secular university as a unifying aspect. It can only be divisive...
...photographer asserted that "the manager of the agency will make the real money from the enterprise, not the scholarship student. Student photographers," he said, "will have to work longer for less and with less freedom...
...provided an institutionalized program for this. The Harvard term for time spent on a leave of absence is still "rustication." This term has its origins in the nineteenth century, when Harvard owned a farm in Concord where people taking a leave from college could work. The farm is no longer available, but the student wishing to leave is still very much a part of Harvard...
...letters that a middle-aged critic-the Atlantic Monthly's Charles J. Rolo-owns a poodle named Aldous. Evelyn Waugh, 54, never reached the same status of a chic literary household pet. But, unlike poodles, both writers-two of the century's most gifted entertainers-are no longer quite fashionable. Both have had the premature burial of collections in their lifetime, Huxley's latest prepared by an anonymous Harper editor, Waugh's by Rolo...
...speech, which lasted only thirty minutes, was followed by a longer question period, in which Monroney discussed several topics. In reply to a question on civil rights, he stated, "There is no major difference between the two parties on the segregation issue...