Word: minded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bromley Oxnam, Methodist Bishop of New York, was moved to write: "To me, this is journalism at a high level. It is the finest statement of the case against racial discrimination that I have read, in addition to being a splendid revelation of the heart and mind of a distinguished artist...
...good reputation assured through his books and theory of functional autonomy, and with a new book, "The Psychology of Rumor," appearing in April, Professor Allport has no illusions about the limitations of his subject: "None of the really important problems in Psychology has ever been solved. Where did mind come from? Where is it going, if anywhere, after we die? How is it related to the body? What ought men to do with their minds while they have them?" Muensterberg would be glad to know that at least one of his pupils has never lost his capacity for wonderment...
Believe it or not, I feel no bitterness toward the Japanese, despite the hell they gave me on the Bataan "Death March" and 3½ years of prison "existence" as their guest. I did at first, but for my own peace of mind soon conquered this feeling. Neither do I feel any bitterness toward a rattlesnake. I see him for the venomous, treacherous reptile he is. EDMUND J. LILLY...
...reveal an almost total lack of interest on his part in politics. The man who likes a flutter every day is not concerned with . . . the international scene and the current High Court case. Waiting for the results after the bets have been placed has a peculiar effect on the mind . . . drains work of any interest it may have, and deadens initiative...
...Losing regularly does not cure your gambler, nor will taxation, curtailment or prohibition. . . . He gambles because it provides an emotional tension which his mind demands. He is suffering from a deficiency disease, and the only antidote he knows is betting...