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Word: rationale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the leadership of Virginia, which presented an idea, not a plan, they have ridden off like headless horsemen into the woods of nullification-even though they call it interposition-and in the pursuit of every evasion of the decree that slick, if not smart, lawyers may devise. Nobody has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A SOUTHERNER FACES FACTS | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

Remembrance of Things Past is just what its title suggests-a backward search through sessions of sweet, silent thought into the memories of a lifetime. Like Joyce's Ulysses, it came into being when notions regarding the womb, the trauma, the unconscious were casting something like a dream-spell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Great Man's Trial Run | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

The need for a more efficient method of scheduling classes becomes apparent in considering the problem of concentrators whose fields hold general examinations in the Junior year. Desiring to take as many courses as possible in his field before the examination, a student of the Renaissance is dismayed to discover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collision on the Course | 2/14/1956 | See Source »

That statement in itself represents a remarkable transformation of attitude. One needs only to recall that less than three years ago, its author was apparently ready to believe that Senator McCarthy had stored a private arsenal of Lugers, revolvers, and machine guns in the basement of the Senate office building...

Author: By Daniel A. Rezneck, | Title: The Forgotten Man | 2/7/1956 | See Source »

Many look askance at the possibility of effective United Nations action. Perhaps the idea of the U.N. ever assuming an active responsibility is now an idle dream. There is, however, almost no other means of asserting our desire for peace convincingly or effectively. And even though a border guard could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Looking Over Jordan | 2/3/1956 | See Source »

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