Word: pursuit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...What We Ought." To Acton, there was one constant in history: the idea of liberty. But this liberty involved far more than the rights of man or the pursuit of happiness. Indeed, said Acton, "if happiness is the end of Society, then liberty is superfluous . . . Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought...
...Pursuit of the truth is undoubtedly the highest function of the university, but that is not synonymous with scientific research. It refers to search for reality, for meaning, for ultimate answers . . . The quotation so frequently cited to suggest the goal of education is incomplete. It is as follows: 'If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free' [John 8:31-32) . . . Divested of its other implications, the clause referring to discipleship suggests that a commitment is involved if one would find...
...courage to take big risks, and when necessary, the courage to lose. But he wins far oftener than he loses. He wins because he hunts oil in the ground with the same passion and dedication that inspired Captain Ahab, an oil hunter of another day, in his pursuit of Moby Dick. By so dedicating himself, Alfred Jacobsen has made his Amerada Petroleum Corp. the most famed independent oil hunter in the oil industry. Amerada, at 185, is the seventh highest priced common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Of all the 1,526 listed stocks, Amerada...
...Society for Freedom in Science which flourished in England during the '30's and early '40's. In 1949 Princeton awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science Degree. The citation called him "a veteran campaigner against those who would take from science the freedom she requires for the pursuit of truth...
...week's end, second thoughts were beginning to be voiced. Letters to the editors asked: "Have they no pity for our beloved Queen?" The Evening News inquired: "Need we, in pursuit of a desire to witness every moment of the rite of crowning, make this harsh demand?" And the Daily Express added solemnly: "What short memories people have! Only a few months ago, we mourned a King who wore himself out in our service." British televiewers were resigning themselves to nothing more than long-distance glimpses of the processions and ceremonies of their Queen's coronation...