Word: periled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...judge must decide when the witness has gone fare enough to demonstrate his peril...
...given just as much emphasis as 'the problem of acquiring the ability to study and help solve economic, social and political problems.' " In his home state of Illinois, said Bestor angrily, a recent report suggests "that the schools can serve the nation in its present hour of peril by asking its students to 'make studies of how the last war affected the dating pattern of our culture.' " This type of unbridled experiment ought not to be allowed in U.S. schools, said Bestor. As educators, "we are under the most solemn obligation to proceed with care...
...breakdown of the "optimistic world view" of the 19th century with the fall of the medieval world order in Luther's time. He writes: "His plight, like ours, is a profound sense of the uncertainty of human existence. We are not secure in this world, but in constant peril ... All human roads seek to avoid these deep valleys. It was Luther's experience that God purposely leads us through them in order to make us receptive to His Word...
...position almost unique in U.S. history ... In Europe, the reaction [to his report] was dramatic. Britain . . . breathed an almost audible sigh of relief. Italians remembered their past glories. The non-Communists of France were lifted up. The whole of Western Europe, living under the shadow of the great peril, was more heartened than at any time in four years of daily threats, unending scares . . ." After this statement appeared, TIME heard no dissent or criticism of its appraisal of Eisenhower's achievement...
Virginia. This seems to be the Southern state in which Stevenson is in greatest peril. In 1948, Virginia voted 41.4% Republican, plus 10.4% Dixiecrat. Eisenhower is far more popular than Dewey was in 1948, but Stevenson is more popular than Truman was. Leaders of the Byrd machine, one of the most effective (and cleanest) in the U.S., have agreed to disagree in the 1952 election. Some are working for Stevenson, some for Ike and some are following the example of the boss, Senator Harry F. Byrd, who is "picking apples" and not saying how he will vote. If Byrd comes...