Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...antidiscrimination bill introduced by the Labor government to protect Britain's 1,000,000 coloreds-a term that covers shades from light tan to dark black and encompasses Indians and Pakistanis as well as African and West Indian Negroes. Powell, a onetime teacher of Greek and a classics scholar, has a record for independence and strong-mindedness. Having decided in 1963 to try for the Tories' top job, he refused to serve in Alec Douglas-Home's Cabinet; he later placed a poor third in the 1965 party vote that installed Edward Heath as Opposition leader...
...dilemma of the Vietnamese in this war today is that when we take the Americans as our friends, we cannot forget that our enemy is our brother," Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Vietnamese scholar and poet, told an audience of about 25 in Lowell Lecture Hall last night...
...recorded TIME, on 16 seven-inch records, is then sent by special delivery to the Rev. Father Harry J. Sutcliffe, 42, an Aramaic scholar who is director of the Episcopal Guild for the Blind in Brooklyn. Father Sutcliffe, blind from birth, frequently travels and lectures on interfaith relations and current affairs. Once when he mentioned to a friend that TIME would be a tremendous asset to him, the friend introduced him to Mrs. Joseph Brand, who set the volunteer program in motion. Starting this week, one of our messengers will hurry the magazine to the women as soon...
...year ago, it required the diligence of a scholar or the enthusiasm of a displaced patriot to inform oneself on current events in Central and Eastern Europe. It is good to see that the Iron Curtain is now rusting on both sides...
Ultimate Quest. Here is the recurring dilemma that Agnon never quite resolves in his stories. His scholar-heroes dream of locking themselves up with some sanctified absolute discipline that will freeze change and make even time stand still. Yet, like the guest, they feel disturbing tugs toward the world outside-toward the everyday pleasures of walking in the forest or smiling once more at Rachel, the hotel-keeper's daughter. It is as if what keeps security in also keeps the very flavor of life out. And so, at the moment they discover their sanctuary, Agnon's characters...