Word: truthful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eyes narrowed. Had the man taken part in the Budapest revolt? The man looked at his wife. She looked at him. They shared a mutual agony. Whispered the man: "I stayed with my wife in our flat. Perhaps I should be ashamed. Perhaps I was a coward." This was truth, the truth itself. The inspector stamped the papers...
...years since World War II, Americans have awakened, as never before, to the world's art heritage, and have discovered the startling truth that a sizable and important part of that heritage exists in their own backyard. U.S. art, as Americans in general are beginning to realize, is neither a series of blurred engravings out of half-forgotten school histories nor a dim reflection of painting abroad. For the past two centuries it has stood on its own feet, comparing favorably with the art of every other nation except France. Drawing depth and drama from the history it helps...
...Ishihara writes truly what we, the younger generation, are looking for," said a 21-year-old farm boy in Japan last week, but for Ishihara himself the truth was not so simple. A conscientious professional who lives quietly with a pretty kimono-clad young wife in the ancient tradition of his ancestors, the idol of the Sun Tribers tempers his cynicism with hard work: "As an author, I've got to sleep with my generation like a prostitute, but I've also got to climb out of bed occasionally and try to get one step ahead...
...been able to obtain a parking space in either a garage or a lot somewhere in Cambridge or Harvard Square. "Of course, we can't be absolutely sure as to the validity of this report," Leighton said, "but I go on the philosophy that people generally tell the truth...
...often said that acquiring an education is largely an individual matter, and that the University does not guarantee to educate a man, but instead offers him the opportunity to educate himself. There is much truth in the assertion that this is what the University does, but there is also truth in the charge that such an attitude is often used as an excuse for shirking the responsibility to the student. While there may be no shortcuts to knowledge, and while tutorial may indeed be a crutch, the University has long recognized that it can aid the undergraduate's efforts...