Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Roosevelt said that it would be "very difficult to convince him that the appointment would be beneficial to Harvard, as in his opinion the evidence against Oppenheimer was conclusive...
...resigned because of Smith's misrepresentations of fact, his unrealistic business judgment in continuing to increase the debt of the paper and his general attitude." Aisner said the debt of the paper at the time of his resignation was $1479.25 which, he thought, "does not coincide, in my opinion, with the representations made by Smith and his colleagues to the effect than on or about March 7, 1957, the deficit was about...
Thomas staunchly defended the U.N. in his rebuttal, stating that "Its very existence suggests a possible alternative to World War III," and that it broadcasts the "moral conscience of world opinion." He pointed out that the expense of the U.N. to the U.S. was only the cost of one half-day of another World...
...whom reactions are always strong and most often favorable, the majority opinion holds that his intense and nearly formidable exterior is the true earnest of a lively and curious intellect, and that his seeming dogmatism and frank outspokeness is rather an extremely moral and courageous statement of opinion for its own sake. According to one of his former students, he will often take a point as the devil's advocate, in order to stimulate discussion and thinking. And he is always willing to shift his opinion in those rare cases in which he is bested. Asked whether he views teaching...
Such a dreary situation affords condemning testimony in the case for public education. When education must bow to the whims of an ideologically confused and sub-college citizenry, it can never equal the standards of private education. There will always be the wishes, tastes, and fears of Opinion to consider, the Public that wants education to grow, but only within the mold of its own image...