Word: minds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been assumed that the required loyalty oaths and affidavits are in principle bad. And I should not want to hold the contrary. But I am not sure that we can say that they are bad because they impose restraints on the free exercise of the mind; they may in fact not impose such restraints, and they may well not even be appropriate devices for the imposition of such restraints on any occasion. Rather, what is bad is the existence of a belief among common men that intellectuals cannot be trusted as citizens. The oaths and affidavits serve, it seems...
...rolls and, after 15 years as a "temporary laborer," was not entitled to a pension. He argued his case tnrough the ministry right up to De Virgilio, who had no recourse except to give him a final no. Then, as Rome's Il Messagero said, in the tormented mind of Galvino Lepori "our complex, cold bureaucracy took on flesh and blood in the form of De Virgilio...
...ever to serve in the U.S. Congress. But he bridled at an interviewer's query as to whether he plans to run for re-election next year. Gazing at his questioner piercingly, Senator Green showed a flash of indignation, gave a tart reply: "If you don't mind my saying so, it is a foolish question...
...Miller, must take some of the blame. Theological education has become "a vulgarized form of a trade school," failing to develop the young clergyman's intellect or make him sensitive to the heights and depths of human experience. Today's minister, warned Miller, "must be sure his mind is sharpened to its utmost, lest he blunder about the world with a rough and stupid carelessness, hoping that he might hit upon the will of God merely because of his good intentions...
...power shovels and the ponderous cats crunch through their job, or like to hear the big blast in the deep hole. And those who like to follow the impressive accomplishments of men and machines-from tunnels to tough road jobs, to bridge building in Pakistan-may not mind the pure corn of the story line and the predictable antics of those two hefty part ners, Keenan Wynn and Decathlon Star Bob Mathias...