Word: often
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strength of Mills' thesis is also lessened by the iconoclastic, irreverent tone that characterizes his writing. By now, we realize that he dislikes the "Power Elite", but making them into tangible villains often seems to be a perversion of reality...
Secondly, Adams pointed out that the comparative element in any critical inquiry is important. The so-called anti-Christian heritage is often more in line with the Christian intention than is that of "trumped-up orthodoxy," he said...
...course, not a failure just because is does not improve our logical capacities. Clear thinking involves not only logic but articulation and perspective, and by these criteria the college does indeed promote a certain kind of clarity. College graduates have larger vocabularies than high school students, even though they often use them less clearly. Not only that, but they have more information than their less educated counterparts, and information is prerequisite to articulation...
...should they succeed, but if the superficial veneer of culture which most people acquire in college is the sole return on their investment, then millions of Americans are being short changed. Before accepting this improbable hypothesis we must scrutinize the possibility that the four year apprenticeship to the scholars (often called "liberal education") changes not only the veneer but the man within...
...Honors tutorial in the Houses "could often cut across Departmental lines with great advantage," Delmar Leighton, Master of Dudley House, said last night. "In this educational area, broad interest groups in the Houses are a more helpful device than the various Departments," he maintained...