Word: transcendence
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first and most obvious such group is that of courses given by persons of unique stature on subjects that transcend ordinary disciplinary boundaries. We have thought in this connection of Professor Tillich's courses in philosophy and theology which could well have been offered in certain departments of the Faculty but which fitted none neatly and yet were of great value to large numbers of undergraduates...
...possible to lose large areas of sensitivity in a seemingly sophisticated culture," Dean Miller said. "We must transcend the shrewdness of our present sophistication if we are to maintain the dimension of human reality...
Having gotten this far, Julie, if in were in her, might begin to grow--might master the old relationships in order to transcend them, become always sensitive to the gall of words, their effects, begin to learn a folklore, a new language, how to sing and dance. Liberals to the contrary, this would be a struggle in itself, and she would have to be very honest and sincere and have talent. This is the white problem: the cultural gap that does exist. The solution is to be black, and if few make it, some do--and are effective...
...practiced by Kelen and his collaborator Alois Derso, the art of caricature survives today mainly in the work of newspaper editorial cartoonists, the best of whom-Bill Mauldin, Herblock, Paul Conrad of the Denver Post, Fritz Behrendt of Amsterdam's Algemeen Handelsblad-can transcend mere exaggeration to reach with a few lines the essence of a subject's character. "It is not simply a matter of drawing a big nose bigger and a floppy ear floppier," Kelen writes. "It involves an evaluation of the inner man through his outward features. A caricature is an opinion." For 40 years...
...really expect the film to be great drama. Nor did I anticipate an inventive cinemagraphic effort, whose form would transcend the rather meager contents. The most I hoped for was a little excitement--bombs and air raids and daring rescues and all that stuff--to enliven a dreary Cambridge afternoon. But even that modest wish remained unfulfilled...