Word: quested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...serious political figure now suggests that the U.S. could or should put aside the burden of global responsibilities it has assumed through necessity and moral conviction. But just how large that burden should be and how it should be borne obviously needs reappraisal. This quest for reappraisal was inspired by Viet Nam. But other factors would have brought it about even without the Indochina conflict...
...impossible to limit the quest short of killing off the quester: man himself. In deed, those who would set limits are the ones who tamper with "the natural order of things...
Since the Crimson was one of the last two obstacles remaining in the Bruins' quest for an Ivy title, Stevenson had brought his squad up from Providence a little earlier than usual, so that the squad might have sufficient time to think about the game. "If you arrive late, you dress in a hurry, and don't take the time to figure out what you're going to do." Stevenson said later. "You can get blown off the field right away...
Aranson hews to four grand themes: the sea. the quest, the majestic, malignant power of the white whale, and Ahab's fierce, tragic, demonic will to harpoon fate. Ahab v. the first mate Starbuck, the man of reason, forms the main line of conflict. Starbuck has signed on to hunt whales, not to pursue Ahab's monomaniacal revenge. Melville means us to know that when a man sets out to probe the secrets of the universe, he is far past reason, just as the seafaring Renaissance explorers went far past their maps...
...March 29 the CRIMSON reported a "limited victory" for Jowish students at Harvard in their quest for kosher food. To begin, the proposed plan is grossly inadequate. It provides students with food for one meal a day, although they are missing three. For the fact is, during the six days of Passover for which we are in school, students observing the dietary laws can eat no meals in the University Dining Halls. So, for every three meals a student misses, he is given only one. In fact, even this one is not strictly kosher, because it has not been handled...