Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Berlin, people told each other that the question was not "What will the New Year bring?" but "Will there be a New Year?" Greeks rejoiced in the news that Konitsa had been relieved (see FOREIGN NEWS). In Athens, people embraced and wished each other "Hronia Polla, adelphi mou" ("Many years, O brother of mine") -but many wryly replied, "How many years?" In Italy, New Year's Day ushered in the new constitution and, officially, the new Italian Republic. The flag-raising ceremony at the Quirinal Palace left Italians cautiously optimistic. In a fashionable church in the Corso...
Whitehead once defined the ideal university professor as "an ignorant man thinking." He possessed the great teacher's greatest gift: nobody ever asked him a foolish question. His philosophy students at Harvard gladly took the calculated risk that Professor Whitehead had demanded-honors or a flunk; no "gentleman...
After unifying mathematics and logic, Whitehead moved out into bigger playgrounds. "Philosophy," he remarked, "asks the simple question, 'What is it all about?' " Modern science had introduced new, disturbing concepts like relativity and the quantum theory that never bothered 19th Century thinkers. One of the first and ablest philosophers of modern science, Whitehead in Science and the Modern World (1925) sought to catch up with these experimental and theoretical advances, and organize them. Whitehead deplored the current tendency to overemphasize observation and experiment ("Can we elucidate the turmoil of Europe by weighing its dictators, its prime ministers...
With sports out of the question, Gregory landed a part as Starbuck in a college production of Moby Dick. In this first try at acting he was so terrible that self-respect forced him to try again. In the next plays, he was better. By the time he played Matt in the drama club's Anna Christie, he knew what he wanted. He could not even wait five days to pick up his diploma, he was in such a hurry to reach Broadway...
...will coach the Crimson eleven next fall, now that Dick Harlow has resigned, is a very good question right now. The man who will make the choice--Bill Bingham--and all leading candidates are in New York attending the annual N.C.A.A. meeting and will not be home for consultation until next week at the earliest...