Word: raisons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jewish students rank high scholastically, that they are active in extra-curricular groups, and that they are not in the clubs are facts well-known to those who care about them. It's a fine idea to run non-fiction research articles; but this reviewer cannot see the raison d'etre of a basically divisive statistical outline...
Somewhere in one of West Point's official poop-sheets there are a few lucid paragraphs about the purposes of athletics. The gist of the idea is that it develops leadership and character, and building these two features is the Academy's raison d'etre...
There is only one other important political force--AVC. But it cannot be grouped with the rest, for its raison d'etre lies in backing issues affecting the citizen-veteran, not in support of candidates or parties...
Every university has its own raison d'etre. Virginia wins football games, Yale trains popular song-writers, and Harvard nestles saugly by the Charles, For many centuries Harvard men haven't given a hoot about most things, but they have always hotly defended their right to nestle. New, the traditional nestling, which among other details depends on having a low, compact skyline, threatens to be violated, and no one is becoming angry. What has happened...
...scientist is a citizen who has added responsibility because of his specialized training," Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, declared last night in explaining the raison d'etre of the newly formed Students Association for Natural and Social Sciences...