Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Manhattan, TIME Inc.'s Editor-in-Chief Henry R. Luce received the annual Gold Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In his acceptance speech, Editor Luce listed five goals of mankind that Americans are prepared to work for: freedom of religion, peace with justice that permits change, freedom to seek truth, economic abundance, a democratic world...
Still, warned Ike: "The goals we have set for ourselves have not been reached. But progress has been made ... we know that these goals are not achieved all at once. Mankind moves forward by little steps ... if we never lose sight of that goal and every step takes us one inch closer to it, then that is progress. We are carrying a torch. We are carrying a fire. We are not carrying ashes...
Since the start of the industrial revolution, mankind has been burning fossil fuel (coal, oil, etc.) and adding its carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. In 50 years or so this process, says Director Roger Revelle of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, may have a violent effect on the earth's climate...
Winner of the University's George Ledlie Prize this year, given to the faculty member making the most valuable contribution to science for the benefit of mankind, Woodward has been a leader in the field of organic synthesis. His other recent conquests include strychnine, cortisone, lysergic acid, and quinine...
...present world situation, Khrushchev suggested, is "to give up war altogether" and "ultimately to abolish armed forces." Entering the college, B. & K. had been rudely greeted by a loudspeaker from across the river Thames: "Here come Marshal Bulganin and Khrushchev. They are here to destroy mankind and disrupt our Empire." The voice was that of a member of the League of Empire Loyalists which, earlier in the week, had presented Prime Minister Eden with a 10-ft.-long wooden spoon to illustrate an old-but non-Russian-saying: "He must have a long spoon who sups with the Devil...