Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tillich's faculty associates here, like everyone who knows him, are constantly amazed by the scope and energy of his mind. "It's a marvel that interests as diverse as his can be united in one mind without pulling it apart," one colleague has said. The point is, however, that for Tillich such interests as psychology, politics, art, and philosophy are not diverse. According to his theology they are all vital aspects of religion, and in studying them he is actually concentrating on just this one subject--the "ultimate concern" of his life...
...Commission should not limit its scope merely to these few recommendations. In making the first complete study of the federal loyalty program, the group can be of great value to the nation only if its evaluation proceeds beyond the specific kinks in the Eisenhower program to the larger question of the type of security system that will protect against subversion and, at the same time, guard the integrity of loyal employees...
...Enormous Scope. The majority opinion, written by Justice Hugo Black, noted that the authors of the U.S. Constitution had set up a number of "safeguards designed to protect defendants against oppressive governmental practices." One of these, the right to trial by jury, was considered so important that it was required both by the U.S. Constitution, as originally adopted, and repeated in the Bill of Rights. On the other hand, said the Supreme Court, military jurisdiction grew out of the belief that "within the military ranks there is need for a prompt, ready-at-hand means of compelling obedience and order...
Time (Rusty Draper; Mercury). A cheerful complaint indeed, considering the scope of the problem, sung over a chuckling, shuffle beat. Chorus: "Time, you're a villain,/Time you're a thief,/ Time you stole my youth from me/and now you bring me grief...
...Overseers glibly admit that "problems of site and financing can, of course, modify any expansion," but say such considerations are beyond the scope of their survey. They were right. Such problems undoubtedly are beyond the scope of their survey; but so, sadly enough, are their conclusions. It is this same vague commitment to expansion, this conviction that "Harvard must expand" without first dealing with the practical problems involved and setting the necessary conditions that could be terribly dangerous to Harvard's future. If several price tags-- retaining tutorial, faculty-student ratio, comparatively small classes, adequate library facilities, and the like...