Word: rationale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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It is not necessary for us to go once more into the reasons for considering a change in parietal rules desirable. By now, the Housemasters themselves should know those reasons by heart, even though they have so far refused to act on that knowledge. And it would be impossible for...
Sir: In the past, the "rational and restricted purposes" that Mr. Kennan recommends as the proper basis for our foreign policy might indeed have served us well. But for the 1950s, this limited "practicality" would be another example of too little and too late.
With the U.S. and Russia both staring down the business end of an atomic gun barrel, nothing short of a sincere proposal of complete and universal disarmament under U.N. inspection and policing can be considered truly rational. HAROLD WATERHOUSE Santa Monica, Calif.
Can an idealistic democracy learn to operate its foreign policy on a cold, calculating, day-to-day basis? Can it break the cycle of military lethargy and emotional fist-shaking, learn to think in terms of "rational and restricted purposes" and withstand the shrill cries of press and politicians who...
Could the atheists, the revengeful, the cynics or the skeptics begin to devise a more practical and rational peace treaty?