Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conclude the morning's discussion Miller described the early decades of America when the science and humanities were thought of as one and said that it was not until the 1830's that Americans began seriously to differentiate between them...
...implications of science for society. For example, in the study of the development of the ancient idea of the year, it is shown that a stable society was required to keep the records needed to fix a year's duration. Again, some idea of the growing complexity of human thought is shown in the study of the increasingly sophisticated calendars of the various ancient societies and their alteration into the modern...
...might expect more thoughtful answers from Herschell Podge--a gifted child; most of the students questioned had never given much thought to the matters involved--matters, of course, basic to their modern society. But another national magazine survey revealed that the intelligent student merely refrains from comment on the questions...
When asked to comment upon the quality of the food served, the young man, who asked to remain anonymous, replied, "Well, they serve milk all the time." After a moment's thought, he added, "And mostly serve potato chips...
...added, after a moment's gloomy thought, "just wait until Wednesday night, when they really get used to the place." She groaned...