Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before it could establish a proper moral base, the NATO peacetime coalition had to face in Europe "the false but glittering doctrine of neutralism ... an intellectual defeatism, in some quarters bordering upon despair . . ." There were other obstacles. But "the effect of the negative factors was largely canceled by a stern fact which denied refutation: the job had to be done...
...mankind until I read your article . . . Pragmatism has never been or intended to be the philosophical panacea for the world's ills and weaknesses. Peirce and James never so intended it. Nor Dewey, as far as that goes. At least not during his most creative period. In its proper philosophical fields-politics, education, sociology-pragmatism served (and is still serving) a useful purpose...
...Londoners' biggest shock was the discovery that most New York drivers operate one-man buses, take tickets, give transfers and dole out change. Said London with some justice: "I cahn't see 'ow 'e can attend to 'is proper job if 'e 'as to do sums...
...years. In the intervening years, Hitler's Germans had killed 6,000,000 Jews. Now the new Jewish state of Israel asked $1 billion to pay the cost of resettling the half-million Jews who had escaped Hitler and moved on to Israel. The meeting was cold and proper. The German delegation promised "most careful consideration...
...protested, "is like being called out of ranks during an Army physical inspection. It's embarrassing." Despite such protestations, Author-Artist Bemelmans had the time of his life in Houston last week. The Art League put on a special showing of 31 of his paintings, and hundreds of proper Houstonians turned out to see them...