Word: numb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...know what station it was. We'd been hunting for the MBTA for half an hour at least. It was cold and snowing. She was miserable; I was numb. We were coming back from a party...
...young man is struck numb with horror; but the old man, though his heart cracks and his eyes weep blood, rises up stronger than ever from every disaster to dance the delirious unremitting dance of life. "Zorba!" the young man cries, "teach me to dance!" The old man rises up, his eyes alight. "You lack madness, my friend," Zorba says softly. "A man must be a little mad to cut the rope-and be free!" A little mad, the young man begins to dance...
What is really new about new math is the teaching; it is basically old math taught in a far better new way. The purpose is to replace numb learning of rote computation with a confident understanding of the structure and relation of numbers-the why of the drills. Rules and formulas are still vital tools, but new math aims to go back to the sources of the rules to show why they are valid, rather than blindly prescribing them...
...from responsibility for violence. But in the end Le Carré's secret agents, on both sides, are themselves as ruthless as the acts they perform. Few of them face the fact. In their world, Le Carré suggests, half of staying alive depends on staying numb...
Harvard's defense, offense, Ivy League championship aspirations, and fans froze to death Saturday in the Yale Bowl. When The Game ended, Eli followers were no less numb, but they were able to celebrate wildly Yale's 20-6 triumph...