Word: naming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contribution to the program for Harvard College, Clarence Dillon endowed the Professorship which bears the name of his son, C. Douglas Dillon, the present Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs. The position may be held by men in various academic fields who contribute to the understanding of French civilization...
...themselves forward in what is essentially a popularity contest. By mere dint of his position, a Master knows who these people are and he can see to it that no qualified person is left off the ballot. Anyone not nominated by his Master is free to place his own name before the electorate by gathering twenty-five names on a petition...
...case, but a stigma could easily be prevented by having the Masters' nomination come only after all others have been received. Or perhaps the Masters' designation could be kept secret or come merely in the form of a request to the individual involved that he place his name on a petition. Hopefully this matter will be cleared up in committee and the final draft presented to the Council tonight will retain the principle of having the Masters see to it that no capable name be left off the ballot...
...long been a tacit assumption of German scholarship that if something can be defined, it must therefore exist. The Herr Professors of the Teutonic school have never quite seen eye to eye with Shakespear's query, "What's in a name?" The name, time and again, is everything. The category is sacred, the appelation supreme...
Industrious Author Tabori, who has written 33 books, 28 feature films and 120 TV scripts, begins this volume in a spirit of friendly inquiry. But as the toll of human stupidities mounts, his tone seems to get more outraged and frenzied, particularly with the follies committed in the name of romantic love and religion. "Stupidity," he groans, "is as vast as all mankind." Is it curable? Yes, says Tabori gloomily, "provided, of course, that someone wants to be cured...