Word: topic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moral action. The whole academic world is involved with morality, but the distinction between "objective" investigation and "subjective" judgment can at times serve as a pretext to ignore this involvement. If moral philosophy cannot be taught, it can at least be discussed as if it were an important topic in itself, rather than an impurity in the academic microscope to be discounted if it cannot be gotten...
...world's gold policy. Reason for the reticence: their host, the U.S. Treasury, is unequivocally opposed to any change. Since the U.S. is the world's largest gold holder, no adjustment can be made without U.S. initiative. Yet speculation about a change continues to be an irrepressible topic of conversation among financiers and statesmen around the world...
Speaking on the topic, "A Larger Patriotism," Saltonstall emphasized that patriotism should include not only love of one's own country but love of all humanity as well. The average American citizen has an immature attitude towards foreign affairs, he said, which allows him to see the world situation only from the point of view of his own country and prevents international understanding...
...question "How Liberal is the 86th Congress?" will be posed by Earl Latham, visiting professor of Government and Chairman of the Department at Amherst, in a short talk at 7:30 p.m. in the Lamont Forum Room. Williams, a liberal Democrat from New Jersey, will speak on the stated topic, then open the floor to questions...
...challenge of the common market in Europe will be the topic of interest at the 31st Boston Conference on Distribution to be held October 19-20 at the Statler-Hilton...