Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Those salesmen who already had outside addresses do have a legitimate quarrel. They can argue, and rightly, that the University's Solicitation Committee should not withdraw or withhold their right to sell in dormitories simply because they have not joined a firm which offers them no particular benefits. It seems clear that such "join-or-lose-your-franchise" threats have been at least implied, if not explicitly stated...
Ever since the Knights of the Teutonic Order stormed ironshod over northeastern Europe, German military commanders have made their marks as rigid disciplinarians who brooked no nonsense from anyone, civilians in particular. In Bonn last week, ambitious young Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss made headline news by turning the tables...
...showed off some of his particular treasures. "That's a beautiful piece," he noted of the massive and elaborately sculpted oriental chair. "Genuine teakwood; you know how valuable that is. And that ship," he said pointing to a finely carved model hanging from the ceiling, "that's a model of a Philippine fishing boat. It was carved by a Harvard man. He was in the Philippines when he made it. I think the University sent him to France about ten years ago. Look at this little table. I've turned down over a hundred dollars for it." After pointing...
...combined if the combination is found intellectually justifiable by the participating departments. This possibility should be made known to both professors and students. Publicity should not attract the unambitious intellectual dilletante, since combination requires more than concentration in only one field. Students with special interests, e.g. that of one particular culture, might well find combined concentration much more interesting and valuable. These same students would probably be bored by the irrelevant sections of only one field. However, if the possibility of combination is not publicized, most will assume that it cannot be done...
...here the world ran differently, and it was automatically assumed that one should be going to school for some particular practical goal, that one should be studying to be something. And that was why Vag was shuddering, for he didn't seem to be studying with any specific goal in mind, and he didn't seem to be preparing to be anything...