Word: pre
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tomorrow morning, should be so much at home in the 19th century. However, states and statesmen were more predictable during that period, and the margin for error was a little greater. He is not alone in arguing that the U.S. could benefit from reading?and understanding?history. "The pre-eminent task of American foreign policy," he has said, "ought to be to get some reputation for steadiness. Whether we are dangerous to our enemies one can argue, but we are murder on our friends. We will not get steadiness unless we can have a certain philosophy of what...
Ever since man first began to regard himself as an historical animal, he has suffered a consciousness of the geometrically progressive diminution in his role as a creator. The pre-Socratic philosophers, as Peter Smart has pointed out, had no sense of history and were in immediate contact with their gods at all times. The study of history has served to obscure this relationship...
...Secretary of the Interior and in his new respect for the power of disgruntled conservationists. Last week, in his first important action, Hickel named as his undersecretary a man who may well set the tone for his department. He is Russell E. Train, chairman of Nixon's pre-inaugural task force on resources and environment, and an internationally esteemed conservationist. The appointment drew praise from nearly every quarter, including the old Administration. Said Stewart Udall, Hickel's predecessor: "I don't think there's anyone in the conservation movement with greater dedication or insight...
...West Point, Dulin soon married, had three children and moved down the road to Fort Madison, a town with 300 blacks. There he quickly became president of the local chapter of the NAACP. The folks in West Point still remember the day when Daddy Dulin ruined their annual pre-rodeo breakfast in protest against the appearance of "Aunt Jemima" as a so-called celebrity. After picking up a master's degree in school administration from Indiana State University, Dulin moved on to Detroit...
Winthrop's collection of Ingres, third largest in the world, is complemented by Delacroix, Corot, Daumier, and Gericault. The drawings from Blake's illustrations of Dante, including a wonderful Lucia Carrying Dante in his Sleep, and the pre-Raphelite drawings make the English drawing a contingent rival of the French. The single Van Gogh portrait drawing is my favorite...