Word: paradoxically
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Nothing could be a more natural subject during the Renaissance than the Nativity. Western man himself was then being reborn into a world where he occupied the center of his own attention; artists could not avoid depicting the compelling paradox of Christ as a combination of both God and fleshly man. And yet, the discovery of Christ's humanity, far from diminishing the mystery, only added to the glory of the Christmas story...
...that situation is no more startling than its parallel paradox: the casting of doubt on such formidable Christian doctrines as Original Sin and the Virgin Birth, on the Trinity and the Resurrection, has made many men consider - or reconsider - them not with scorn but with respect, not with contempt but with intellectual curiosity...
Steelmen faced much the same paradox as automen: pinched profits amid strong sales. Among the six major steelmakers reporting for the third quarter last week, higher earnings were registered by two-Bethlehem and Jones & Laughlin-and lower earnings by four -National, Armco, Inland and, most significantly, U.S. Steel. That giant's profits were off 14%, to $62 million, but its directors raised the quarterly dividend from 500 to 600, and they would not have done so unless they felt that the company could comfortably stick with the higher dividend. Industry analysts expect that steel production this year will reach...
Johnny One-Note. From the same podium, Hubert Humphrey asked: "Who is the opposition candidate? Who was it who called federal aid [to education] 'a tool of tyranny'? Who was it who said, 'It is a strange paradox, with our complete tradition of individual freedom, parents being forced to educate children'? Who was it who called California's elderly citizens and children and the maimed and the handi capped receiving welfare payments 'a faceless mass waiting for handouts...
Showman Billy Rose throve on paradox. He was a tiny man who loved tall girls, an East Side slum product turned art patron and esthete, a Broadway hipster who became a shrewd Wall Street investor. Though he died six months ago, leaving an estate that may run as high as $50 million, the para oxes are not ended - Billy Rose has yet to be buried...