Word: ponderated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Schweitzer exchanged pleasantries, then made his choice between an escalator and a flight of stairs to the fourth-floor scene of his new honor. Bemusing most of his greeters, Nobelman Schweitzer flew up the stairs, left those who had deferred to his age by taking the escalator to ponder the virtues of fast footwork...
...here's a point to ponder well- With each new wavy Taylor wreath, We wonder if he's going to sell A different product underneath...
...given the campus intellectual tone. Along with boosting the curriculum, notably in philosophy and religion, he launched art and music departments. He fostered a "creative thinking" course, spurring students to take off on any subject from cider to Columbus. He stirred the school to start a scholarly magazine, to ponder a "book of the year," e.g., The Lonely Crowd; Science, Magic and Religion. He got Colby to give TV courses for credit to rural viewers, made the school a summer center for adult education (2,000 students last year...
...Gallup pulse reading, reported this week, provided Republicans with more solid occupational therapy, gave Democrats something to ponder. Last May the pollsters divided the U.S. public into five occupational groups, put the question to each: "Which political party do you think serves the interest of your group best?" The May answers showed a dramatic drop in Republican popularity, most notably a 9% decline among business and professional people. When Gallup popped the same question this month, he got a surprising response. Fifteen percent of the unskilled workers (against 11% in May), 16% of the skilled workers...
Insights & Irreverence. One day last week, an odd procession of professors paced the place, each carrying a cornstalk. They looked like primitive rain worshipers. In a sense they were. Happy fugitives from many a brain-drying university, they were free to ponder-corn. And to their mentor. Botanist Edgar Anderson of St. Louis' Washington University, corn is the kernel of everything...