Word: myriad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unfair, for it is only a brief extract from his forthcoming book. However his broad classifications seem to bury many ramifications and nuances in the authors he discusses. That the literature of his period is "self-reflexive" is sufficiently explicit in the sources themselves. But a definition of the myriad meanings of this term would seem to be the critic's task, as well as a search for underlying motivations...
...initial study would undoubtedly be through musical technique but in the end a religious approach could not be avoided. A comparable task might be the understanding of Chartres cathedral by the man who was not born in its shadow, does not worship there daily, is not aware of the myriad architectural problems solved in its construction, and no longer conceives spatial dimensions to be precisely analogous to religious dogmas...
...would be slighting the Big Green and its omnipresent Bill Beagle to say that the Crimson handed Dartmouth a 13 to 7 victory Saturday--nevertheless the varsity was the better team. Against the myriad of fumbles, costly penalties and three interceptions, one must consider the superior line play of the Harvard line (Dartmouth gained 68 yards rushing), the running of Matt Botsford, and the general dominance of the Crimson. In the fateful third quarter, when Dartmouth scored the deciding touchdown, the Green ran exactly seven plays, while the varsity which drove 78 yards down the field but failed to score...
...distribution system may seem a little like carping, especially since we haven't forgotten the ceaseless waiting in endless lines that took so much time in past years. Besides eliminating this dreary business, the new plan also saves the H.A.A. the amount of time it took to hear the myriad requests from each person. The process of putting all the applications from one class together, mixing them up, and assigning seats at random is eminently fair and more efficient as well...
Many of his colleagues and students feel that Brower's dropping of his upper level courses this year in order to take on an elementary Humanities course and the myriad duties of a Housemaster is a great loss to the English department and the College. They think it rather strange that a man at the peak of his teaching career should choose this path...