Word: reflecter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Graham sermons are still geared closely to the Bible, but they reflect Billy's growing interest in contemporary trends of thought. He has read widely in modern theologians, has taken enough interest in psychology to quote Carl Jung in the same breath with St. Paul. "We're dealing with millions of people suffering from nervous and mental illness," he says. "I've done much reading in psychology, although I believe that the therapy Christ offered is the only adequate therapy...
...courses reflect an overly concern with minutiae, with the great ideas of past man. Lower-level courses have become technical and specialized, any have abdicated their nominal --to give those who may not in the discipline an scope and reach...
...fellows do not have a fixed schedule of classes to attend and will not work toward a degree. Instead, they will "read, study, reflect, associate with scholars, and refresh themselves intellectually" under the terms of the program...
...also reflect a sharp difference of opinion within the S.A.O. itself. The S.A.O. leadership is largely composed of French-born ex-officers and extreme right-wing politicians to whom Algeria is only a weapon in their attempt to oust De Gaulle and capture power in France. The bulk of the S.A.O. rank-and-file sympathizers, however, are pieds-noirs who have always hoped somehow to remain in Algeria. Apparently they are finally recognizing that their hope can be realized only through a deal with the F.L.N...
...tests will also demonstrate the electrical effects of high-altitude blasts. When a nuclear weapon explodes in the thin air more than ten miles above the earth, it creates vast numbers of long-lasting free electrons. If they are numerous enough, the electrons can absorb and reflect many kinds of radio waves. The AEC estimates that a one-megaton weapon bursting at a 50-mile altitude will disrupt high-frequency radio waves (the most useful kind for long-distance communication) for 600 miles around...