Word: resurrect
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...evolution of thought, the attention roams distractedly and fails to grasp the unity of culture: only scattered components remain in the mind-ruins, one might almost say. At best, when the youthful mind strives to connect these disjecta membra without having in its possession the means necessary to resurrect them-the historical sequence, the sense of time, the network of causal relations-the student is led to formulate hazardous inductions, fantastic or superficial comparisons, pitiful attempts at synthesis which bring out clearly the disparity between the desire for an integrated kind of knowledge and the fragility of its foundations...
...biographers, he had not so much as glimpsed the theory that was to revolutionize much of 20th century thinking. It had not occurred to young Dr. Freud that 13 years later (1897) he would discover psychoanalysis by psychoanalyzing himself, and that this self-analysis would force him to resurrect memories and facts of greater importance than those he destroyed at 28. Nor could he imagine that a day would come when his fantasy of greatness would have turned so real that he would stand in need of a friendly, well-informed biographer...
Gradually, more and more Crimeds returned to the College ready to resurrect their beloved ag. And finally on April 9, 1946, the old-timers and hold-overs heartily thanked Art Hopkins and Mrs. Hoke for their yeoman service to the Service News and then threw the CRIMSON back into the lineup. A black flag hung from the bronze ibis atop 44 Bow St. that day to make things official...
...secure this, Stevenson, if elected, must deal both with China and the non-communist nations. First, he would try to resurrect another Tito (or failing that, sit tight until the Mao regime collapses and then rush in to help the next regime). This requires a mixture of firmness and flexibility, applied over a long period of time. Currently, Korea is a showcase for that sort of policy, where the UN fights if it must but never passes by a chance to negotiate, where it clings stubbornly to a hand-full of basic principles, but compromises on less essential points...
Chafee was one of seven persons whom McCarthy labeled as "dangerous to America" and "complete dupes." Yesterday the Boston Post indicated in an editorial that it would soon resurrect McCarthy's charges against him. The Post said it will dedicate "a lengthy editorial to Professor Chafee, whose past associations and views are worthy of the most earnest consideration...