Word: spheres
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whole of life; that is why it has, in part, dehumanizing effects ... It is not from science that we have to learn what is the task of man and what is the meaning of his existence. These are questions which lie outside the range of science, in the sphere of faith...
Whether the West was caught unawares by the Russian proposal is still a question. At first the U.S. and British delegations passed the entire thing off as "pure propaganda," pointing to the first Russian proposal. Some groups from small nations, even outside of the Communist sphere, however, thought that such a resolution could do not harm, and might even lessen the international tension. After the Russian recognition of China's Communist government, the U. S. State Department concentrated its attacks on the impossibility of a Big Five pact under the new conditions...
Although the present picture in power is one of a mixed economy, it is hard to tell if it can remain mixed. The rapidly expanding public sphere has at its disposal all the weapons of large monopoly and can drive out private companies whenever they compete. Some say that this is good, for public power is always cheap. Others say that this cheapness is a farce and the people will not notice it until it is too late. The former favor unrestricted increase in public power operations. The latter propose a limitation on federal projects so that the areas...
...delighted to see the face of Dr. Waksman peering from the cover of TIME [Nov. 7]. The pictures of politicians, prizefighters, musicians, models, etc. are all right in their small sphere; but the work of men like Dr. Waksman, which results in good for all mankind, regardless of race, creed or color, is of much greater importance...
...recent years Yap, a small island southwest of Guam, has entered the Harvard sphere. Members of the Social Relations and Anthropology Departments are now completing a report based on their two-year study of the island...