Word: old
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doctors nodded. Janet Dulles moved quietly to the head of the bed and looked down at her husband's face. Nobody said a word. And in all the lands of the globe where liberty and independence are prized, the free and the thoughtful mourned the tough old warrior who had fought their fight with rare purpose, skill and dedication...
...direct contrast to the dynamic, organized atmosphere of Morison's office is the famous study of Harry Wolfson, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, where he works all day, every day in scholarly solitude. Teeming with books, manuscriupts, old journals and the like, Wolfson's much discussed office defies description...
...this series, Professor Wolfson traces the growth and interrelationship of Greek, Hebrew, Moslem and Christian pholosophies. All 12 volumes have been written, five have already been published and two more are almost realy for the printer. Wolfson writes all his manuscripts out in longhand ("I'm old fashioned") and then puts them away in the huge file cabinets that adorn his study. When the rough draft of the entire series was written, Wolfson began the slow process of revising each manuscript, some of which he claims not to have looked at in over ten years. But all the rough drafts...
...professors still lead full and active lives. If they are not studying or lecturing, they are often traveling or catching up on all the reading they missed while busy teaching. Because of the high cost of scientic experiment, not all retiring professors can be fully accommodated. However, unlike the old soldier, the old scholar refuses to fade away. He retains and puts to the best possible use his intellectual curiosity and mental vigor
...Wait 'till next year" is an adage as old as organized sport, but in the case of the varsity lacrosse team it has definite meaning. For the Crimson next season will have six members returning from this spring's starting ten, along with a freshman team which compiled an 8-1 record...