Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...troops anyway. Acheson argued that all U.S. authorities, including the J.C.S. and MacArthur had approved the decision, and that it was taken because of a recommendation by the United Nations (which, he neglected to say, the U.S. initiated). Snapped Byrd: ". . . That doesn't make it an accurate or proper recommendation...
...Proper Function. The whole ideal of the university is rooted deep in Western civilization-older than parliaments, older than the modern state itself-and over the centuries it has assumed many functions. It has been a refuge for scholars, a treasure house of facts, an incubator of new ideas and new ideals. At its best, it has always been the preserver; propagator and perpetuator of human wisdom. The proper function of the university, wrote Newman, is "teaching universal knowledge...
Campus anthropologists like to divide Yalemen into "White Shoes," "Brown Shoes" and "Black Shoes." The White Shoes come from the proper families and the proper prep schools; their weekend dress, almost like a uniform, is a button-down shirt, striped tie and Brooks Bros, suit. The Black Shoes are apt to be on scholarship (one-third of all Yale students are), working their way through college. The Brown Shoes are somewhere in between...
...student life... The cultivation of learning alone produces not a university but a research institute. The sole concern with the student life produces an academic country club or merely a football team maneouvering under a collegiate banner. The future of the university tradition in America depends on keeping a proper balance between the four essential ingredients..." PRESIDENT CONANT, TERCENTENARY ADDRESS...
...arbitration. Bhave followed Gandhi's line. He told the peasants: "If policemen compel you to work without wages, please refuse to do so and tell them I told you so." He would add: "The land is a Mother. Everybody has a right to approach her. Hence, a proper distribution of land should take place. If landlords will donate their lands willingly and with pleasure, they'll transform the entire outlook of the people...