Word: nobler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whatever the source, few Britons liked the proposal. The argument that the Eternal City was rich in monuments and relics of a nobler Rome carried little weight with Britons, who had lost many of their own national shrines to Nazi bombs. Also unimpressive to most Britons was the suggestion that Rome might be saved by a trade: in return for Rome's immunity, Mussolini might move himself and his unhappy Government to some other city. If such a move would disrupt Italian life and resistance sufficiently to make it even worth discussing, bombs on Rome would do immeasurably more...
...tunes of the '70s, '80s and '90s were nobler and more beautiful, the quoted lyrics, vivid and picturesque as they are, give few hints of it. Lost Chords leaves the reader wondering whether Author Gilbert, in his comment on Dixie, has not hit on an important near-truth-the clue to the popularity of most pop songs: "The words don't mean anything, but there is a skin-prickling element in the melody...
These zealous men, to whose activities the Bulletin devotes nearly all its pages, are challenging undergraduates to do something. The mere search for "Veritas" is no longer enough. They have a nobler mission for this University to fulfill. But America must not let its universities slacken in their ancient duty of free thought and discussion. They have had a lot to do with building the American way of life, not just as symbols or figureheads, but through real, practical leadership. Of all times, this is the most dangerous to try to regiment them...
...Jesus was a Jew - in blood, in loyalty, in mental outlook, in his criticism of Jewry, in his positive message. . . . Why should not Judaism do much more than [celebrate Christmas]? Why should it not make a place for Jesus in its own faith ... a place fully consistent with the nobler ideals of the Jewish tradition. ... If the religion of Judaism is good for Jews it is also good for Gentiles. ... If it is not good for Gentiles, it is not the best religion for Jews. To cherish it in withdrawal from the rest of society may be defended...