Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were to sum up critical opinion of Toynbee's Study of History since its initial publication it might boil down to the hesitant evaluation of each specialist scholar who says "In my own particular field Mr. Toynbee is rather superficial both in his facts and in his conclusions. But as for the many other areas I am not competent to say. And he work does have grand scope...
During this same period, income has doubled, but costs have quadrupled. As a result, other immediate sources of income have come to share a larger portion of the expenses, and in particular, this is one of the reasons for the tuition increases of as much as 25 percent in the College and several of the graduate schools...
...much of fall, winter and spring, Scott is TIME'S delegate-at-large to conventions and regular meetings of many of the thousands of organizations and associations that have, over the years, stemmed from that early American precedent - the New England town meeting. We have long had a particular interest in these groups, which millions of men and women have joined voluntarily for fraternal companionship, to effect some form of civic betterment or for simple self-improvement. Through John Scott, we have a sense of participation and membership, while we contribute what we are best qualified to give: information...
...disaster like the drought as a human problem. They see farms and livestock only as statistics. As a result, relief is grudging and reluctant, too much red tape, too little real help-and always too late . . . Many of you here [at Oklahoma City] today are farmers. You have had particular reason to feel the neglect and the indifference of a big-business administration. For three years the Republican leaders watched farm prices fall with philosophical calm. This is the nice, polite way of saying they did nothing-until election year came around...
...Strada is a haunting journey along little-travelled roads. Dealing with the problem of tragic loneliness and with the idea that everyone on earth has a particular place and purpose is not a new project for a film, but to illustrate his themes the director Federico Fellini has chosen singular characters in unusual places and situations...