Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...science is necessary to the preservation of freedom, he pointed out, freedom is necessary to the overall advancement of science. "It is in this strong conviction that I particularly stress the freedom of the scholar and the researcher." On the other hand, the scientific specialist must "understand that his first responsibility to himself and to his country is to be a good citizen. Above all he must comprehend how his own work fits in effectively in promoting the national welfare...
...push the wheels out as well. The effect was spectacular. The car not only looked flashy, but also the wide-track wheels gave better balance and road ability. Equally important, says Knudsen, "it gives people something to talk about. They can see it and they can understand it." Where the average age of previous Pontiac buyers was around 45, today's buyer is between 30 and 35. Another sales lure: Knudsen cut the price of expensive models, held the line on the lower-priced models, so that Pontiac's top-selling Catalina costs less than a Chevrolet Impala...
...cannot understand why anyone who has had a past record of close affiliation with communism should be an Overseer of Harvard and as such responsible for the education of our youth. Such past connections would indicate at the least a certain instability. I can understand why people who have definitely repented and have set out at great sacrifice to right, as far as possible, the wrongs that they have committed, are perhaps, proper recipients of certain honors. I can, however, find no record that Dr. Bunche has publicly stated his past connections or that he has ever repented...
...flashy material in the large halls, where our explanations are simple and directed to the layman who just wants a background at the level of Anthropology 1. The other type of exhibit is the highly specialized one, the sort of showing that only a very careful general observer could understand. These are designed as study aids for graduate courses and fill the smaller rooms. Their highly technical explanations of what the public would call boring stuff are essential to the training of specialists...
...small affair, but it frightened the Salazar government to death. I suppose they intended to take over some key points, call on me to abolish the dictatorship. Salazar's Gestapo caught on "to plans because too many people were involved-40 or 50. You Americans don't understand the situation in Portugal. It's a police state under very tight control...