Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...asked Lawson how "the Pro" felt about his studio. "They don't mind it at all downstairs," he said, grinning. "As a matter of fact, the fellow who runs it was quite tickled. 'It might be good for the business,' he said...
...Cornell Daily Sun, feeling its way cautiously, had this to say about the matter: "We recognize that a drinking problem exists on campus...
However, no student group, or any group for that matter, will change something it enjoys, and it seems likely that the students would never have taken mass action on their own, unless they had been instructed by the faculty...
...newsstand operator refused, on the grounds that he could operate the stand more efficiently and conveniently without using the central purchasing agency. He heard nothing more of the matter until Tuesday, when his usual bi-weekly order did not appear...
However, when the book was dropped, educational values were partially forgotten. While direct protest did not cause the board's action publishers learned that bowdlerized editions still hurt too many feelings. The crux of the matter is that, while education should try to give some emotional security, its primary object is development of the free mind. Since Huckleberry Finn serves that object well, ignorance is a high price for protecting feelings which, if aided by mature understanding, would not be hurt anyway...