Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Finally, the issue at hand is creating an impression throughout the country that there has been some change of heart at Harvard, that the College is moving toward a new sectarianism. I can detect no such change in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or in any of the great...
Drawing the Maps. Gunther as a book-journalist lacks the originality and profundity of Rebecca (Meaning of Treason) West, the stylistic graces of Negley (Way of a Transgressor) Farson, John (Hiroshima) Hersey or Vincent (Personal History) Sheean. Yet none matches him for sheer scope, reportorial zest, or, most notably, the...
It was difficult to believe that this time Picasso had tried very hard. To help reporters puzzle out the meaning of the big, empty mural, Director Salles explained, "The painting represents the victory of forces of light and peace over those of evil and death. The skeleton-like figure [center...
But there were bearish reports, too. The Labor Department announced that in mid-March nearly half of the U.S.'s major employment areas had a "substantial labor surplus," meaning 6% or more of the labor force out of work. And auto sales were creeping along at a rate of...
Said Physicist Tuve (rhymes with prove), concerned over the possibility of well-meaning overemphasis of science: "I believe that science must firmly be included among the liberalizing humanities in any honest assessment of modern thought." He proposed that teachers get pay raises for the quality of their teaching, "not only...