Word: quested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...example of how far Americans will go in their quest for culture, nothing beats the Great Books tour through Europe. Sponsored by St. John's College of Annapolis, Md., it has swept its 22 travelers (including four teachers, one college dean, one school principal, three students, one librarian and assorted secretaries and housewives) through five countries, a dozen Great Books, and innumerable castles, cathedrals and birthplaces...
...that far-off land to prove once again that only courage and sacrifice can keep freedom alive upon the earth." He warned that the U.S. had "won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world. We may not now relax our guard nor cease our quest. Throughout the coming months, during the period of prisoner screening and exchange, and during the possibly longer period of the political conference ... we and our United Nations allies must be vigilant...
...displaced veteran of the invasion of Leyte. For three years it has served as a forward outpost of one of the oil industry's most famous field bosses, James MacPherson, 62, as he hunted for oil ashore. At a cost of $30 million, MacPherson's long-futile quest became the most expensive in Middle East history. After five dry holes, oilmen all over the Middle East joked: "Four more holes will give Mac a nine-hole golf course." From Cairo to Dhahran, their stock greeting became: "Mac, struck anything yet?" The answer was always...
Opposed to this, are the values which Viereck identifies with "the new conservatism," the quest for traditional Western, Christian values, primarily live. There are absolute standards here, and the schools must teach them...
Politically, the most sensitive cases the new Attorney General will have to deal with are in the antitrust area. There, more than anywhere else, the Democrats will be watching Republican Brownell most sharply. Their quest: evidence to support charges that the new Administration is favoring big business and that the Attorney General is playing politics...