Word: stand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...University of Washington had taken its stand: last week, it was taking the consequences. As might have been expected, the firing of three professors-two for being Communists and one for refusing to say under investigation (TIME, Jan. 31)-had raised a racket. So far, most of the howls were coming from the protesters...
...Academic freedom consists of something more than merely an absence of restraints placed upon the teacher by the institution that employs him. It demands as well an absence of restraints placed upon him by his political affiliations, by dogmas that may stand in the way of free search for truth, or by rigid adherence to a party line...
What made the manuscripts stand up so well as art? Primarily it was their richness. They were never made to glance at, like a picture on a wall, but to read again & again...
...press had to be abridged and could legally be abridged; the broadcasts, he said, had "an effect that members of a jury panel would be bound to carry into a jury room." The stations and a commentator were convicted and fined from $100 to $500. Rule 904 would stand, at least until the stations could appeal to a higher court...
...American League's best shortstop, its best hitter (.355) after Boston's Ted Williams, and manager of the league and world's champions. President Veeck threw in a handsome admission: "Sure, I tried to trade the guy off [in 1947]. But the fans wouldn't stand for it . . . So Boudreau made up his mind then to prove I was a jerk. That's just what...