Word: topically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...topic under discussion was "Resolved: That the further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement." As in previous debates in which this resolution has been argued, the negative teams have fared better than their opponents defending the affirmative...
...Adam." "I thought original sin killed Adam, Doctor," murmured Alabama's Lister Hill. White: "I believe that heart disease is our fault and not 'God's will.' " But what about Eve? asked West Virginia's Jennings Randolph. "Eve escaped," said White, warming to the topic. "Ladies have a great advantage with respect to coronary thrombosis. They do not get it until 50-odd. Men get it in the 30s." "I shall not pursue the point," pursued Randolph. "I did desire to know the malady from which she suffered." "Well," said Dr. White, "she may have...
...program, which is described as a "dramatic presentation of the problems and benefits of a female education," will be narrated by Edward R. Murrow, CBS commentator and news analyst. Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, will close the show with his views on the topic...
...statistics in this book therefore tell us little about academic freedom--the announced topic. But the study is nevertheless valuable for what it tells us about higher education itself. Viewed not as a study of academic freedom, but as a portrait of American Colleges and their professors, The Academic Mind is a most important book...
After yesterday's failure, Lorenz remarked that the Cambridge Debate Union might wish to change the topic before attempting another debate. If the topic is not changed, however, Harvard speakers will again oppose thanking God for the Atlantic, and yesterday's technical difficulties may constitute a strong point in their opposition...